Little Thorpe is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Little Thorpe postcode: SR8 3UD

Retail in Little Thorpe

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

The area close to Little Thorpe boasts some of the best waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

Little Thorpe's best nearby towns can be found at Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Places near Little Thorpe feature a number of interesting country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

The area close to Little Thorpe boasts some of the best airports including Teesside International Airport.

Little Thorpe History

There are some historic monuments around Little Thorpe:

• Great house 50m west of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m south of The Castle
• Ryhope pumping engines
• Yoden medieval settlement
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Sheraton medieval settlement and open field system
• Fishpond, enclosures and section of field system 165m north west of Elwick Hall
• Fishponds 70m north of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm