Whorlton is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Whorlton

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

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

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

Country Parks to visit near Whorlton include Hardwick Country Park.

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

Whorlton History

There are some historic monuments around Whorlton:

• Two moated sites, the site of a dovecote and further associated features 120m north west and 180m north of The Old Hall
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• 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
• Cup and ring marked stone 465m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• 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
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Cup marked stone 565m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall
• Cup marked stone 495m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Cup and ring marked stone 520m north east of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, 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
• Cup marked stone 370m NNW of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Penny Hill camp
• Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort and associated outwork
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Cairn on Holgate How
• Cup and ring marked stone 350m north west of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone 565m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone 495m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Barforth Bridge
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone 490m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 415m NNW of Folly Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup and ring marked stone 435m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone on Gayles Plantation 410m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village
• Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Medieval church site and churchyard cross, 10m south and 40m south east of St Michael's Church
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Gayles Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• 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
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Greta Bridge
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Cup marked stone 505m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Medieval cross base known as Plague Stone, 750m WSW of High Scales
• 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
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south 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
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• Cup marked stone 525m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham 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 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Roman fort and prehistoric enclosed settlement 400m west of Carkin Moor Farm
• Cup marked stone 620m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 585m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 650m SSE of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 440m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 530m NNW of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Deepdale Bridge
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west 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 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