Bowbank is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Bowbank postcode: DL12 0NT

Retail in Bowbank

There are great places to visit near Bowbank including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

The area close to Bowbank boasts some of the best waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

The area around Bowbank features a number of interesting towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Hardwick Country Park is a great place to visit close to Bowbank if you like country parks.

Airports to visit near Bowbank include Teesside International Airport.

Bowbank History

There are some historic monuments around Bowbank:

• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House
• Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
• Roman period native settlement, medieval bloomery, building and track, and a charcoal pit at Keld Smithy Green, Holwick Fell
• Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Roman aqueduct, prehistoric field systems, cairnfield, enclosure and round cairn on Ravock
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Bowes Castle
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Romano-British and medieval settlement and field systems,leadmines and charcoal pit on Crossthwaite Common, south of Park End Quarry
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes