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.

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

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

Don't miss Hardwick Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Bowes.

There are a number of airports near to Bowes including Teesside International Airport.

Bowes History

There are some historic monuments around Bowes:

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