Stony Houghton is a Village in the county of Derbyshire.

Stony Houghton postcode: NG19 8TR

Retail in Stony Houghton

There are great places to visit near Stony Houghton including some great ancient sites, historic monuments, towns, caves, old mines, mountains, hiking areas, lakes, hills, ruins, rivers and streams, waterfalls, historic buildings, cities and shopping centres.

Arbor Low Henge, Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow, and Carl Wark Hillfort are great places to visit near Stony Houghton if you like ancient sites.

Historic Monuments to visit near Stony Houghton include Arbor Low Henge.

The area around Stony Houghton features a number of interesting towns including Castleton, Buxton, Darley Dale, and Hope.

Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine are some of Stony Houghton best caves to visit near Stony Houghton.

There are a number of old mines near Stony Houghton including Blue John Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern, and Odin Mine.

There are a several good mountains in the area around Stony Houghton like Kinder Scout.

The area around Stony Houghton features a number of interesting hiking areas including Kinder Scout, Errwood Hall (ruin), Three Shires Head, and Hope Valley.

The area around Stony Houghton's best lakes can be found at Errwood Reservoir.

The area around Stony Houghton boasts some of the best hills including Shining Tor, and Higger Tor.

Errwood Hall (ruin), and Castedge (ruin) are some of Stony Houghton best ruins to visit near Stony Houghton.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Stony Houghton include River Dane at Three Shires Head, and Panniers Pool.

Waterfalls to visit near Stony Houghton include Panniers Pool Waterfall, and Three Shires Head Waterfall.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Stony Houghton area like Solomon's Temple, and St Mary's Church Derby.

Stony Houghton is near some unmissable cities like Derby,

The area close to Stony Houghton boasts some of the best shopping centres including Derbion.

Stony Houghton History

There are some historic monuments around Stony Houghton:

• Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house
• Markland Grips promontory fort
• Castle Hill fortified manor
• Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave
• Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave
• Medieval town defences, 183m south east of church of St Mary and St Lawrence, and 335m north east of Bolsover Castle
• Four watchtowers SW of town
• Roman villa ESE of Northfield House
• Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage
• Ash Tree Cave
• Fishponds 220m east of St Wilfrid's Church
• Pleasley Colliery
• Standing cross
• Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house.
• Standing cross, Clowne
• Market cross, Kirkby in Ashfield
• Langwith Cave
• Stainsby defended manorial complex including site of chapel
• Standing cross on Church Street, Mansfield Woodhouse
• Sutton Scarsdale Hall
• King's Mill viaduct
• Mound on Hamilton Hill
• Pinxton Castle motte and fortified manor with moated site and five fishponds