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.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are great places to visit near Butterknowle if you like towns.

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

Teesside International Airport is one of Butterknowle's best, nearby airports to visit in Butterknowle.

Butterknowle History

There are some historic monuments around Butterknowle:

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