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 a great place to visit close to West Rainton if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of towns near West Rainton including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Hardwick Country Park is a great place to visit close to West Rainton if you like country parks.

West Rainton is near some unmissable airports like Teesside International Airport,

West Rainton History

There are some historic monuments around West Rainton:

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