Startforth Rural District
Startforth Rural District is a former rural district in the Pennines of northern England. It was historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but was transferred to Teesdale district in County Durham in 1974.
It comprises the area south of the River Tees between Cow Green Reservoir and Gainford, and north of the modern border between County Durham and Yorkshire.
The area is sparsely populated. Places within it include:
Villages
- Barningham
- Boldron
- Bowbank
- Bowes
- Brignall
- Cotherstone
- Gilmonby
- Grassholm
- Greta Bridge
- High Close
- Hutton Magna
- Holwick
- Hunderthwaite
- Hury
- Lane Head
- Lartington
- Mickleton
- Ovington
- Romaldkirk
- Scargill
- Startforth
- Thringarth
- Wycliffe
Dales
- Baldersdale
- Deep Dale
- Lunedale
- Teesdale (south side only)
Reservoirs and lakes
- Balderhead
- Blackton
- Fish Lake
- Grassholme
- Hury
- Selset
Fells and moors
- Barningham Moor
- Bowes Moor
- Cotherstone Moor
- Cronkley Fell
- Holwick Fell
- Hope Moor
- Hunderthwaite Moor
- Lune Moor
- Mickle Fell
- Scargill High Moor
- Sleightholme Moor
Forests
Rivers and becks
- River Balder
- Deepdale Beck
- River Greta
Roads
The Pennine Way also passes through the area.
