Bowburn is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Bowburn postcode: DH6 5DJ

Retail in Bowburn

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

Summerhill Force is one of Bowburn's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Bowburn.

Bowburn has some unmissable towns nearby like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Bowburn like Hardwick Country Park.

Teesside International Airport is a great place to visit close to Bowburn if you like airports.

Bowburn History

There are some historic monuments around Bowburn:

• Elvet Bridge
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm
• Neville's Cross
• Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Grange and Chapel, Bear Park
• Moated site at Low Butterby Farm
• Sunderland Bridge, near Croxdale
• Sherburnhouse Bridge
• Prebend's Bridge
• Aldin Grange (or Bearpark) Bridge
• Maiden Castle promontory fort
• Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
• Middleham Castle
• The Water Gate
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base
• Ludworth Tower
• Harbour House Chapel
• Maiden's Bower round cairn
• Kepier Hospital
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Framwellgate Bridge
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill