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.
| 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, a quiet expanse in County Durham, holds its own. It lies 2.6 km 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 very air here seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant peat fires, a subtle perfume of the North East's ancient, wild heart. The land rolls gently, a canvas of greens and browns where the sky often stretches in vast, dramatic arcs, sometimes brushed with the soft gold of late afternoon. Though history whispers through the surrounding fields, Fir Tree itself is less a relic and more a living breath, its quiet persistence a mark of enduring spirit.
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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 | 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. |