Byers Green is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Spennymoor, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Bishop Auckland, between Willington and Spennymoor, and a short distance from the River Wear. It has a population of 672. Byers Green Hall has been the home of the Trotter family since the 15th century. Thomas Wright, a famous 18th-century astronomer, architect and mathematician was born and died here.