Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Bowbank, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bowbank 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bowbank, County Durham, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Bowbank |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.608191 |
| Longitude | -2.086170 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bowbank commands a high, rugged vantage point where the expansive North Pennine sky meets the enduring grit of the Durham uplands. It lies 7.9 miles west-north-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 301°T, OS grid NY 945 236), and is situated south of Middleton-in-Teesdale village. The terrain here is defined by a hard, ancient geology, with the slopes of Moor Rigg rising sharply to the north-north-east to catch the first light of dawn. Below the houses, the land descends toward the winding path of Carl Beck, which carves a cool, shadowed vein through the lower fields. Bowbank remains tethered to the rhythms of hill farming, where the wind carries the scent of damp heather and the distant, lonely calls of grazing livestock. To the south-west, the limestone outcrops of Limestone Hill stand as weathered sentinels against the prevailing westerly gales. The light across these slopes possesses a peculiar, silver clarity that renders the stone walls and sparse trees with a startling, almost luminous precision. Through changing seasons, the horizon expands and contracts under the weight of passing clouds, leaving Bowbank exposed to the raw and unvarnished character of the high moorland.
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Explore Bowbank, 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: 54.608191, -2.086170. 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 | August 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. |