Stainton is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Stainton postcode: DL12 8RH

Retail in Stainton

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

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Stainton.

There are a number of towns near Stainton including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

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

Stainton History

There are some historic monuments around Stainton:

• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Cotherstone Castle
• Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• 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
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Deepdale Bridge
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• 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
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Penny Hill camp
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Greta Bridge
• 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
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• Medieval church site and churchyard cross, 10m south and 40m south east of St Michael's Church
• Barnard Castle 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
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, 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
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• 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
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell