St. John’s Chapel is a Village in the county of County Durham.

St. John’s Chapel postcode: DL13 1QF

Retail in St. John’s Chapel

There are great places to visit near St. John’s Chapel including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Places near St. John’s Chapel feature a number of interesting waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

St. John’s Chapel's best nearby towns can be found at Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around St. John’s Chapel like Hardwick Country Park.

The area close to St. John’s Chapel boasts some of the best airports including Teesside International Airport.

St. John’s Chapel History

There are some historic monuments around St. John’s Chapel:

• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• Allenheads lead ore works
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works
• Cambokeels medieval site
• Westgate Castle
• Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
• Prehistoric settlement and burnt mound at Bleabeck Washfold
• Camp at High Northgate
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
• Hut circle and enclosure 350m north west of Tarn Dub
• Enclosure NW of Old Park House
• Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Old Rookhope ore hearth lead smeltmill, 630m north west of Lintzgarth Plantation
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Iron Age cemetery, early medieval enclosure and medieval farmstead with a long boundary, Middle Hurth Edge
• Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works
• Park Level lead mine with ore works on Killhope Burn
• Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Tower house in the churchyard of St James's Church
• Medieval farmstead, bloomery, charcoal pits and late prehistoric settlement at Pasture Foot, 300m west of Bleabeck Force
• Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Medieval farmstead at Pasture Foot, 510m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth
• Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken Rigg
• Roman period native settlement at Calf Holm, immediately west of Dine Holm Scar