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

West Rainton postcode: DH4 6PF

Retail in West Rainton

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

Summerhill Force is one of West Rainton's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in West Rainton.

There are a several good towns in the West Rainton area like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

Don't miss Teesside International Airport's airports if visiting the area around West Rainton.

West Rainton History

There are some historic monuments around West Rainton:

• Moated site at Low Butterby Farm
• The Water Gate
• Sherburnhouse Bridge
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Concangium Roman fort
• Kepier Hospital
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Framwellgate Bridge
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Neville's Cross
• Harbour House Chapel
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
• Maiden's Bower round cairn
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Elvet Bridge
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
• Sunderland Bridge, near Croxdale
• Prebend's Bridge
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Ludworth Tower
• Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base
• Bowes Railway
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
• Maiden Castle promontory fort
• Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm
• Chester New Bridge