Traditional county: County Durham · Unitary authority: Darlington · Region: North East
Explore Drinkfield, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drinkfield 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 Drinkfield, 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 | Drinkfield |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Unitary Authority | Darlington |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.551350 |
| Longitude | -1.561453 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Drinkfield emerges from the quiet northern reaches of County Durham as a subtle transition between the industrial pulse of the south and the widening, open fields of the countryside. It lies 2.0 miles north of Darlington (from Darlington: bearing 351°T, OS grid NZ 284 174), and is situated south-west of Beaumont Hill village. Pale morning light often clings to the low-lying dampness of the nearby Drinkfield Marsh Nature Reserve, where the reeds sway with a rhythmic, hushed persistence against the encroaching suburban edge. The landscape here possesses a flat, unadorned honesty, defined by the steady northward progression of the land toward the rise of Beaumont Hill. Paths trace the margins of these quiet thoroughfares, offering a vantage point where the sky seems to hold a greater, more expansive weight than it does within the town centre. Drinkfield bears the quiet composure of a place that watches the seasons shift across the meadows, indifferent to the hurried transit of the nearby main roads. This corner of the North East keeps its own counsel, marked by the simple geometry of field boundaries and the distant, cooling shadows cast by the evening sun.
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Explore Drinkfield, 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: 54.551350, -1.561453. 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. |