English Heritage sites near Greater Willington Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
4 miles from Greater Willington Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
FINCHALE PRIORY
9 miles from Greater Willington Parish
The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
13 miles from Greater Willington Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
DERWENTCOTE STEEL FURNACE
13 miles from Greater Willington Parish
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
15 miles from Greater Willington Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
BARNARD CASTLE
15 miles from Greater Willington Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
Churches in Greater Willington Parish
St Stephen's
Pubs in Greater Willington Parish
Black Horse
Brown Trout
Burn Inn
West End Terrace, Willington, DL15 0HW
(01388) 327368
the-burn.co.uk/
Commercial
Cottles
Gentlemans Club
Queen's Head
Willington Cricket Club
Manor Road, Willington, DL15 0QX
(01388) 748100
willingtoncricketclub.co.uk/
Willington Football Club
Hall Lane Estate, Willington, DL15 0QG
(01388) 766477
pitchero.com/clubs/willingtonafc