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Gilmonby County Durham Map

Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East

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

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

Latitude	54.512620
Longitude	-2.009636
Place Type	Hamlet

About Gilmonby

Gilmonby reveals itself as a quiet collection of stone dwellings perched upon the high, windswept pastures of County Durham. It lies 4.5 miles west-south-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 236°T, OS grid NY 994 130), and is situated south-south-east of Bowes village. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous, open clarity where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant heather. To the west, the waters of Chert Gill carve a slender, rhythmic path through the limestone, their persistent movement providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the fields. A short distance to the north, the earth bears the faint, grass-covered scars of the Roman fort of Lavatrae, a reminder of a time when the region served as a strategic threshold for an empire. The light in Gilmonby possesses a thin, crystalline quality, often sharpening the edges of the dry-stone walls until they appear as distinct as charcoal lines on a pale page. Looking toward the Greta Valley, the ground dips away into a deeper green, offering a sudden softness to the otherwise austere and rugged terrain. Gilmonby remains a place of sparse, honest beauty, where the horizon feels vast enough to contain the ambitions of the sky itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mill Force (Waterfall) — 0.2 mi, 313° NW
Chert Gill (River) — 0.2 mi, 250° WSW
Roman Fort (Lavatrae) (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 338° NNW · 2 ha
Greta Valley (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 149° SSE
Bowes Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 341° NNW
Quarry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 133° SE
Huggill Sike (River) — 1.1 mi, 243° WSW
Philip Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 302° WNW
Late Prehistoric Walled Settlement 200M South-South-East Of East Mellwaters Farmhouse (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 255° WSW
Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 246° WSW · 7 ha
Crag Force (Waterfall) — 1.9 mi, 023° NNE
Kilmond Scar Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 084° E · 4 ha
Seven Hills Tarn (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 229° SW
Crag Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 016° NNE
Deepdale Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 025° NNE
Gill Feet (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 352° N
Lartington Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 037° NE · 52 ha
The Stang (Forest / Woodland) — 3.5 mi, 147° SSE
Barnard Castle (Castle) — 4.0 mi, 058° ENE
Barnard Castle Grounds (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 058° ENE
The Witham (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 058° ENE
The Bowes Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 062° ENE
Egglestone Abbey (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 073° ENE
Hagg Grounds (Park) — 4.5 mi, 015° NNE
Hound Beck Bogs (Wetland) — 4.6 mi, 233° SW
Percy Myre Rock (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 014° NNE
Fairy Cupboards (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 008° N
Brignall Old Church (Historic Ruins) — 5.1 mi, 096° E
Rokeby Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.4 mi, 083° E · 76 ha
The Green (Park) — 5.6 mi, 002° N

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