Blackhill is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Blackhill postcode: DH8 5TU

Retail in Blackhill

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

Summerhill Force is a great place to visit close to Blackhill if you like waterfalls.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are great places to visit near Blackhill if you like towns.

The area around Blackhill's best country parks can be found at Hardwick Country Park.

Teesside International Airport is one of Blackhill's best, nearby airports to visit in Blackhill.

Blackhill History

There are some historic monuments around Blackhill:

• Monastic grange at Priory Farm
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm
• Friarside Chapel
• Allensford blast furnace
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)
• Collierley Chapel
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Hedleyhill Colliery coke works, 500m south west of Hazlet House
• Remains of Roman aqueduct
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns