Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Briscoe, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Briscoe 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 Briscoe, 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 | Briscoe |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.570490 |
| Longitude | -2.036285 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Briscoe emerges from the rugged, undulating terrain of County Durham as a collection of stone-built dwellings that seem to draw their very substance from the surrounding moorland. It lies 5.0 miles west-north-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 288°T, OS grid NY 977 194), and is situated south-south-west of Romaldkirk village. Winds travelling across the high fells carry a sharp, clean clarity that scours the grey masonry of Briscoe, lending the architecture an air of permanent, stoic endurance. To the west, the dark, reflective expanse of Hury Reservoir gathers the muted light of the northern sky, acting as a quiet mirror to the passing clouds. The landscape here is defined by the elemental force of water, with the nearby Scaletree Gill carving its narrow, persistent path through the limestone bedrock. Ancient stone markers, such as the cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor, lie hidden in the tall grasses, suggesting a deep, pre-literate history rooted in these exposed heights. Life in Briscoe remains tethered to the rhythms of the pastoral calendar, where the changing seasons dictate the mood of the valley far more than the frantic pace of the modern world. Every wall and fence line in this high, thin atmosphere serves as a boundary between the domestic hearth and the immense, unyielding reach of the North Pennines.
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Explore Briscoe, 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: 54.570490, -2.036285. 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. |