Bowes is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Bowes

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

Summerhill Force is a great place to visit close to Bowes if you like waterfalls.

The area around Bowes boasts some of the best towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

Don't miss Teesside International Airport's airports if visiting the area around Bowes.

Bowes History

There are some historic monuments around Bowes:

• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Deepdale Bridge
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Cotherstone Castle
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Bowes Castle
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• The Blakethwaite Dams
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• Roman aqueduct, prehistoric field systems, cairnfield, enclosure and round cairn on Ravock