Traditional county: Cleveland · Unitary authority: Middlesbrough · Region: North East
Explore Thornton, Cleveland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Thornton |
| Traditional County | Cleveland |
| Unitary Authority | Middlesbrough |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.516164 |
| Longitude | -1.261506 |
| Place Type | Village |
Thornton, a quiet corner of Cleveland, dreams under a wide, generous sky. It lies 3.4 km south-east of Thornaby-on-Tees (from Thornaby-on-Tees: bearing 142°T, OS grid NZ 479 136), and is situated south-south-west of Stainton village. The land here, a soft rolling tapestry, remembers the plough and the patient hand of generations, each field a testament to seasons past. A certain light, often pearlescent in its subtlety, seems to linger over Thornton, illuminating the humble brickwork of its dwellings and the stoic grace of its parish church, St. Hilda's, whose spire points a silent question towards the heavens. The air carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and distant pastures, a scent that whispers of the enduring connection between Thornton and the fertile earth it calls home.
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Explore Thornton, Cleveland, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.516164, -1.261506. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |