English Heritage sites near Ferryhill Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
5 miles from Ferryhill 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 Ferryhill 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
11 miles from Ferryhill Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
14 miles from Ferryhill 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.
HYLTON CASTLE
17 miles from Ferryhill 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.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
18 miles from Ferryhill Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
Churches in Ferryhill Parish
St Luke
Church Lane
Ferryhill
Durham
01740 655 232
We are an outward looking church family, who seek to live by and share the love and forgiveness of Jesus.
Our prayerful vision is that everyone may come to know this same love and forgiveness in Jesus and find fullness of life in him
We strive to be a light upon a hill and a blessing in our communities
Pubs in Ferryhill Parish
Commercial
Dean & Chapter
Eldon Arms
Ferryhill Station Workingmens Club
Louvaine Terrace, Ferryhill Station, DL17 8BB
(01740) 656285
Ferryhill Workingmens Club
Greyhound
Manor House Hotel
Market Street, Ferryhill, DL17 8JH
(01740) 654322
themanorhousehotel.co.uk/
Poachers
Bridge Street, Metal Bridge, DH6 5LQ
(01740) 654268
marstonspubcompany.co.uk/pubs/view/5719
Post Boy
Surtees Arms
Chilton Lane, Ferryhill Station, DL17 0DH
(01740) 655933
yardofalebrewery.com