English Heritage sites near Castle Eden Parish
FINCHALE PRIORY
10 miles from Castle Eden 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.
HYLTON CASTLE
13 miles from Castle Eden 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.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
14 miles from Castle Eden 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.
ST PAUL'S MONASTERY, JARROW
18 miles from Castle Eden Parish
The home of the Venerable Bede, chronicler of the beginnings of English Christianity, Jarrow has become one of the best-understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
GISBOROUGH PRIORY
18 miles from Castle Eden Parish
The ruins of an Augustinian priory founded by the Bruce family, afterwards Kings of Scotland. They are dominated by the dramatic skeleton of the 14th-century church's east end.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
19 miles from Castle Eden Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
No churches found in Castle Eden Parish
Pubs in Castle Eden Parish
Castle Eden Inn
Stockton Road, Castle Eden, TS27 4SD
(01429) 835954
castleedeninn.co.uk/