Dent Bank County Durham Map

About Dent Bank

Dent Bank, a quiet hamlet, breathes the cool, clear air of Upper Teesdale. It lies 14.5 km south-south-west of Stanhope (from Stanhope: bearing 204°T, OS grid NY 933 261), and is situated west-north-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale village. The surrounding landscape, a sweep of rough pasture and heather-clad moorland, often catches the low, golden light of the North Pennines, lending a luminous quality to the distant fells. The scattered farmsteads and cottages of Dent Bank seem to emerge organically from the land, their stone walls echoing the ancient geology of the region. A sense of quiet endurance pervades the place, a testament to generations who have worked this sometimes unforgiving, yet beautiful, terrain. The River Tees, a silver thread in the distance, hums a perpetual song of flow and change.

About This Dent Bank Map Page

Explore Dent Bank, 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: 54.630068, -2.105176. 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.