Gainford is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Gainford

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

There are a several good waterfalls in the area around Gainford like Summerhill Force.

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

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

Places near Gainford feature a number of interesting airports including Teesside International Airport.

Gainford History

There are some historic monuments around Gainford:

• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary, 650m ENE of Park House
• Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort and associated outwork
• Ring cairn on Gayles Moor
• Cup marked stone 490m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Roman bridge at Piercebridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 520m north east of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone 495m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Packhorse bridge
• Remains of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
• Cup marked stone 565m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
• Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• Five Hills round barrow
• Small multivallate hillfort and tower mill on Shackleton Beacon Hill
• Cup and ring marked stone 435m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 440m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone 525m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup and ring marked stone 415m NNW of Folly Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 465m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 235m south of Stanwick Hall Reservoir
• Cup marked stone 620m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Piercebridge Roman fort
• Cup and ring marked stone 650m SSE of Jenny's Plantation
• Legs Cross
• Roman fort and prehistoric enclosed settlement 400m west of Carkin Moor Farm
• Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill
• Deserted medieval village of Ulnaby
• Cup and ring marked stone on Gayles Plantation 410m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup and ring marked stone 530m NNW of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary east of Langdale Rush
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 600m south east of Park House
• Two moated sites, the site of a dovecote and further associated features 120m north west and 180m north of The Old Hall
• Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall
• Cup marked stone 505m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Barforth Bridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 585m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m north of Langdale
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Cup marked stone 495m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary south of Kirklands Farm
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary in Low Wood, Langdale
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone 565m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Medieval cross at Barton
• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall
• Stanwick Late Iron Age oppidum, Iron Age and medieval settlement, early Christian church and sculpture and post-medieval emparkment
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north west of High Merrybent
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• Piercebridge Bridge
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• Deserted medieval village at Walworth
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north of Kirklands Farm
• Cup marked stone 370m NNW of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Smotherlaw round barrow
• Cup and ring marked stone 350m north west of north corner of Folly Plantation