Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Alum Waters, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Alum Waters 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 | Alum Waters |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.767523 |
| Longitude | -1.636646 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Alum Waters rests where the land begins its gentle descent towards the Wear. It lies 3.7 km west-south-west of Durham (from Durham: bearing 252°T, OS grid NZ 234 414), and is situated west-south-west of Broompark village. The air here often carries a clean, earthy scent, a reminder of the surrounding fields that unfurl like a muted green tapestry under the vast Durham sky. Though small, Alum Waters holds a quiet dignity, its scattered houses forming a loose community against the broader canvas of the North East's rolling countryside. The quietude is broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the low hum of traffic on the main road, a subtle counterpoint to the timeless peace of the landscape.
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Explore Alum Waters, County Durham, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.767523, -1.636646. 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. |