Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Cowshill, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cowshill 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 Cowshill, 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 | Cowshill |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.760942 |
| Longitude | -2.227567 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cowshill occupies the high, bracing reaches of the North Pennines, where the sky claims more territory than the earth. It lies 8.6 miles west of Stanhope (from Stanhope: bearing 276°T, OS grid NY 854 406), and is situated north-north-west of Wearhead village. The landscape here is defined by the unrelenting sweep of moorland, where the light shifts with a sudden, restless intensity that makes the stone walls seem to glow against the dark heather. To the east, the Sedling Burn carves a persistent, narrow path through the gritstone, its water often dark with the memory of the lead mines that once drew men into the deep veins of the hills. Rising to the north, Rough Hill stands as a silent sentinel, its slopes holding the winter snows long after the valleys have turned to green. The air in Cowshill carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a reminder that this terrain was forged by industry and the harsh temper of the uplands. Life here respects the quiet gravity of the high country, where the wind hums against the drystone boundaries and the horizon remains perpetually wide. Cowshill persists as a place of austere beauty, where the rugged topography ensures that human presence is always a measured negotiation with the elements.
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Explore Cowshill, 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: 54.760942, -2.227567. 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. |