Butterknowle is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Butterknowle postcode: DL13 5PA

Retail in Butterknowle

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

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

There are a several good towns in the Butterknowle area like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Places near Butterknowle feature a number of interesting country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

Airports to visit near Butterknowle include Teesside International Airport.

Butterknowle History

There are some historic monuments around Butterknowle:

• 'The Castles' (camp)
• Penny Hill camp
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Deepdale Bridge
• Barforth Bridge
• Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside