Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Esh, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Esh 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.
| Place | Esh |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.790955 |
| Longitude | -1.696916 |
| Place Type | Village |
Esh, a quiet corner of County Durham, reposes beneath a sky that often holds a luminous, pearly quality. It lies 7.5 km west-north-west of Durham (from Durham: bearing 281°T, OS grid NZ 195 440), and is situated west-south-west of Langley Park village. The land here, gently rolling, slopes towards the Wear, and the very air seems to carry the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant fields. Once, the echoes of industry might have stirred these slopes, but now a more profound stillness prevails, broken only by the whisper of wind through the ancient oaks that still stand sentinel. The stone of Esh's older dwellings, weathered by countless seasons, seems to absorb the soft, diffused light, lending the village a timeless, almost spectral charm.
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Explore Esh, 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: 54.790955, -1.696916. 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 | June 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. |