Thornley is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Thornley

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

The area close to Thornley boasts some of the best waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

Thornley has some unmissable towns nearby like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Thornley is near some unmissable country parks like Hardwick Country Park,

The area around Thornley's best airports can be found at Teesside International Airport.

Thornley History

There are some historic monuments around Thornley:

• Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m south of The Castle
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Ludworth Tower
• Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm
• Middleham Castle
• Sherburnhouse Bridge
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring