English Heritage sites near Coxhoe Parish
FINCHALE PRIORY
7 miles from Coxhoe 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.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
7 miles from Coxhoe 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.
HYLTON CASTLE
14 miles from Coxhoe Parish
The distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse-tower of a castle built by the wealthy Sir William Hylton, shortly before 1400. Originally containing four floors of self-contained family.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
14 miles from Coxhoe Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
17 miles from Coxhoe 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.
DERWENTCOTE STEEL FURNACE
17 miles from Coxhoe 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.
No churches found in Coxhoe Parish