The Hurworth Grange Community Centre is based in a manor house built in 1875 by the Backhouse family.

Hurworth Grange was once visited by Rudyard Kipling; it is claimed that 'The Roman Centurion's Song' is based on a sarcophagus he saw there.

The A167 road crosses the River Tees via Croft Bridge on its way towards Darlington, passing through Hurworth Place.

The bridge has been closed to traffic many times in recent decades because of flooding of the Tees due to heavy rainfall in Teesdale.

The fourth of the seven arches on the bridge marks the boundary between North Yorkshire and County Durham.

Three dips in the village green mark the site where as many as 1,500 people were buried in massive lime pits.

According to old records, bodies from other nearby villages were ferried across the River Tees for burial in Hurworth.