English Heritage sites near Eldon Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
2 miles from Eldon 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.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
8 miles from Eldon Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
10 miles from Eldon 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.
FINCHALE PRIORY
13 miles from Eldon 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.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
13 miles from Eldon Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
BARNARD CASTLE
14 miles from Eldon 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.
No churches found in Eldon Parish
No churches found in Eldon Parish