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Flint Hill County Durham Map

Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East

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Place	Flint Hill
Traditional County	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.884561
Longitude	-1.745362
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Flint Hill

Flint Hill commands a steady, high-ground perspective over the rugged contours of the North East, where the horizon broadens into a pale, shifting expanse of Durham sky. It lies 1.5 miles north of Annfield Plain (from Annfield Plain: bearing 360°T, OS grid NZ 164 544), and is situated west of White-le-Head village. Wind sweeps across the exposed ridges here, carrying the sharp, clean scent of distance that often precedes a change in the weather. A short walk to the west brings one to the remnants of Collierley Chapel, where the grey stone stands in silent, enduring defiance of the encroaching bracken. The land drops away toward the northern boundary, where the lush, secretive greenery of Lintzhall Dene provides a sheltered contrast to the harder, more austere lines of the surrounding upland. Flint Hill retains a quiet, industrial gravity, its foundations rooted in the coal-seamed earth that once defined the labour and ambition of the local people. Even now, the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the terrain, shifting with the light as it catches the sloping fields and the distant, cooling silhouettes of the hills. In the evening, the low sun casts long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the open lanes, emphasizing the stark beauty of a landscape shaped by generations of toil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Collierley Chapel (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 275° W
Simpson's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 209° SSW
Lintzhall Dene (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 352° N
Rogerley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 139° SE
Carrmyers Burn (River) — 1.2 mi, 151° SSE
Kyo Burn (River) — 1.3 mi, 119° ESE
Hamsterley Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 1.5 mi, 299° WNW
Bantling Castle Lime Kilns (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 206° SSW
Mill Stream (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 335° NNW
The Old Transformers (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 214° SW
Annfield Plain Park (Park) — 2.1 mi, 170° S
Bradley Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 248° WSW
Friarside Chapel (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 359° N
Alun Armstrong Theatre (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 123° ESE
Strother Hills Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 343° NNW · 9 ha
Outdoor Performance Area (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 106° ESE
Gibside (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 2.4 mi, 026° NNE · 204 ha
Greencroft And Langley Moor Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.5 mi, 161° SSE · 29 ha
Leadgate Maze viewing platform (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 232° SW
Memorial Park (Park) — 2.6 mi, 144° SE
Chopwell Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.9 mi, 322° NW
Far Pasture Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 011° NNE
Gibside Hall (Historic Ruins) — 2.9 mi, 015° NNE
Column of Liberty (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 018° NNE
Tanfield Railway Engine Shed (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 057° ENE
Carriage shed (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 057° ENE
Mahogany Drift Mine (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 092° E
Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 3.4 mi, 085° E
Tiny Tim (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 096° E
Beamish Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 089° E

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