Denton County Durham Map

About Denton

Denton rests in the quiet embrace of County Durham's rolling countryside, a place where the sky often seems a touch paler, a subtle watercolour wash against the green. It lies 7.8 km south of Shildon (from Shildon: bearing 190°T, OS grid NZ 217 189), and is situated east of Summerhouse village. The land here, gently heaving like a sleeping giant, has long been shaped by agricultural rhythms, the fields a patchwork quilt under a vast, open sky. A sense of enduring quietude pervades Denton, a feeling that the passage of time is marked not by hurried clamour but by the slow turning of seasons. The very air seems to hold a certain stillness, broken only by the murmur of wind through hedgerows or the distant call of a curlew. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Denton possesses a simple, unvarnished beauty, a quiet dignity in its unassuming presence.

About This Denton Map Page

Explore Denton, 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: 54.565466, -1.664596. 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.