Cowpen Bewley
Village
The village green
Cowpen Bewley Location within County Durham
OS grid reference	NZ482246
Civil parish	Billingham
Unitary authority	Stockton-on-Tees
Ceremonial county	Durham
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BILLINGHAM
Postcode district	TS23
Police	Cleveland
Fire	Cleveland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Stockton North
List of places UK England County Durham 54°36′50″N 1°15′18″W / 54.614°N 1.255°W / 54.614; -1.255

Cowpen Bewley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Billingham, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 706.^[1]

Civil parish

Cowpen-Bewley was formerly a township in the parish of Billingham,^[2] from 1866 Cowpen Bewley was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1937 the parish was abolished and merged with Billingham and Newton Bewley.^[3]

Economy

The only non-residential building in the village is a public house.^{[citation needed]} It has a woodland park, the nearest school is St Michael's Academy and a light industry estate is to the south west.