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.

There are a number of waterfalls near to Bowbank including Summerhill Force.

Don't miss Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale's towns if visiting the area around Bowbank.

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

Places near Bowbank feature a number of interesting airports including Teesside International Airport.

Bowbank History

There are some historic monuments around Bowbank:

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