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Embleton County Durham Map

Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East

Explore Embleton, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Embleton 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.

Interactive Map of Embleton, County Durham

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Embleton, 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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PlaceEmbleton
Traditional CountyCounty Durham
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.662083
Longitude-1.348886
Place TypeOther Settlement

About Embleton

Embleton emerges from the quiet, rolling topography of County Durham as a collection of dwellings defined by the sparse, open character of the North East. It lies 4.2 miles east of Sedgefield (from Sedgefield: bearing 81°T, OS grid NZ 420 298), and is situated south-west of Elwick village. Pale light often lingers over the fields here, catching the muted greens and browns of the arable land that stretches toward the horizon. To the east, the modest flow of Tinklers Gill carves a thin, reflective line through the earth, marking the land with a persistent, quiet movement. A short distance further, the dense canopy of the Newton Hanzard Plantations creates a dark, vertical interruption against the vastness of the sky. Embleton retains a sense of seclusion, where the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life more than the clamour of nearby industry. The architecture remains functional and unassuming, rooted firmly in the clay-heavy soil of the coastal plain. Visitors find that the landscape possesses a stark, honest clarity, stripped of ornamentation and left to the mercy of the prevailing winds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Tinklers Gill (River) — 0.1 mi, 076° ENE
  • Amerston Beck (River) — 0.3 mi, 141° SE
  • Newton Hanzard Plantations (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 169° S
  • Whin Houses Belt (Forest / Woodland) — 1.0 mi, 283° WNW
  • Crookfoot Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 041° NE
  • Fanny's Glen (Valley) — 2.0 mi, 184° S
  • Medieval Farmstead And Irregular Open Field System At High Burntoft Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 128° SE · 13 ha
  • Pike Whin Bog Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 352° N · 1 ha
  • Beacon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 040° NE
  • Horse Shoe Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 176° S
  • Cheviot Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.5 mi, 099° E
  • Hurworth Burn Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 344° NNW
  • Wynyard Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.5 mi, 187° S · 308 ha
  • Fishpond, Enclosures And Section Of Field System 165M North West Of Elwick Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 053° NE · 3 ha
  • Wellington Obelisk (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 178° S
  • The Green (Park) — 2.9 mi, 075° ENE
  • Wynyard Woodland Park (Park) — 3.1 mi, 203° SSW
  • St Thomas A Becket'S Church (Scheduled Monument) — 3.1 mi, 207° SSW
  • Ruins of Church of St Thomas a Becket (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 208° SSW
  • Plough Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 135° SE
  • The Pottery Loft (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 143° SE
  • Ceddesfeld Hall Gardens (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.9 mi, 259° W · 3 ha
  • Fishburn Grassland Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.0 mi, 297° WNW · 1 ha
  • The Forum Theatre (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 148° SSE
  • Billingham Forum Swimming Pool (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 148° SSE
  • Cowpen Marsh (Wetland) — 5.5 mi, 124° ESE
  • Fore Marsh (Wetland) — 5.6 mi, 127° SE
  • RAF Jet Provost (Monument) — 5.7 mi, 075° ENE
  • Town Hall Theatre (Theatre) — 5.7 mi, 073° ENE
  • Tweddle Farm (Theme Park) — 5.8 mi, 031° NNE

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About This Embleton Map Page

Explore Embleton, 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: 54.662083, -1.348886. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.