West Park is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in West Park

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

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around West Park.

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

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

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

West Park History

There are some historic monuments around West Park:

• Rey Cross, 670m west of Old Spital
• Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
• Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Rey Cross Roman temporary camp and signal station, and prehistoric stone circle
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
• Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House
• Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• Romano-British and medieval settlement and field systems,leadmines and charcoal pit on Crossthwaite Common, south of Park End Quarry
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Roman period native settlement, medieval bloomery, building and track, and a charcoal pit at Keld Smithy Green, Holwick Fell
• Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Roman aqueduct, prehistoric field systems, cairnfield, enclosure and round cairn on Ravock
• Roman signal station and camp 270m north east of Bowes Moor Hotel
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Romano-British settlement 740m WNW of Old Spital
• Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall
• Bowes Castle
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor