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.

There are a number of towns near Butterknowle including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

The area close to Butterknowle boasts some of the best airports including Teesside International Airport.

Butterknowle History

There are some historic monuments around Butterknowle:

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