Startforth is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Startforth

There are great places to visit near Startforth including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

The area around Startforth's best waterfalls can be found at Summerhill Force.

Don't miss Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale's towns if visiting the area around Startforth.

Hardwick Country Park is one of Startforth's best, nearby country parks to visit in Startforth.

Places near Startforth feature a number of interesting airports including Teesside International Airport.

Startforth History

There are some historic monuments around Startforth:

• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Bowes Castle
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Medieval church site and churchyard cross, 10m south and 40m south east of St Michael's Church
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Greta Bridge
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Cotherstone Castle
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• Deepdale Bridge
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• Penny Hill camp
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor