Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Fir Tree, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fir Tree 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 Fir Tree, 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 | Fir Tree |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.704058 |
| Longitude | -1.781890 |
| Place Type | Village |
Fir Tree commands a quiet position upon the rise of the landscape, where the air holds a distinct sharpness born of the high northern winds. It lies 1.6 miles west-south-west of Crook (from Crook: bearing 243°T, OS grid NZ 141 343), and is situated west-north-west of Howden-le-Wear village. The terrain here rises to meet the sky, with the slopes of Pea Hill offering a rugged, heather-brushed silhouette against the shifting light of the afternoon. To the south-west, the waters of Wadley Beck carve a persistent, rhythmic path through the earth, providing a silver thread that links the pastures to the wider valley floor. History lingers in the nearby soil, where the remnants of the Harperley Working Camp serve as a stark, silent reminder of the mid-twentieth century’s global turbulence. Fir Tree maintains an austere dignity, defined more by the pale, slate-grey horizon than by the architectural flourishes of more southern climes. The light falling across these fields possesses a particular, crystalline clarity that reveals every fold and furrow in the land, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the dwellings firmly against the gravity of the hills.
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Explore Fir Tree, 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: 54.704058, -1.781890. 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. |