Whorlton is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Whorlton

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

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

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

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

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

Whorlton History

There are some historic monuments around Whorlton:

• Medieval cross base known as Plague Stone, 750m WSW of High Scales
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 440m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort and associated outwork
• Cup marked stone 525m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 565m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• 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
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone 620m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 585m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• Cairn on Holgate How
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, 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
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone 495m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
• Cup marked stone 565m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 350m north west of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 520m north east of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 650m SSE of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 370m NNW of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Medieval church site and churchyard cross, 10m south and 40m south east of St Michael's Church
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village
• Deepdale Bridge
• Cup marked stone 505m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Roman fort and prehistoric enclosed settlement 400m west of Carkin Moor Farm
• Cup and ring marked stone 415m NNW of Folly Plantation
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west 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
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• 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
• Cup marked stone 495m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• 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
• Cup marked stone 490m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, 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
• Cup and ring marked stone 435m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone on Gayles Plantation 410m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Greta Bridge
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Two moated sites, the site of a dovecote and further associated features 120m north west and 180m north of The Old Hall
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Cup and ring marked stone 465m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup and ring marked stone 530m NNW of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Barforth Bridge
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Gayles Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• Penny Hill camp
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor