Whitton, County Durham

Whitton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stillington and Whitton, the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated to the north west of Stockton-on-Tees, near Stillington and Thorpe Thewles.

Landmarks
Approximately 500 m to the south of the village is Whitton Bridge Pasture, a 3.2 ha Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its species-rich grassland.

Civil parish
Whitton was formerly a township in the parish of Grindon, from 1866 Whitton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1983 part of the parish of Stillington was merged with Whitton, on 1 July 1983 the merged parish was renamed "Stillington & Whitton". In 1961 the parish of Whitton (prior to the merge) had a population of 913.