Traditional county: County Durham · Unitary authority: Darlington · Region: North East
Explore Great Burdon, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Burdon 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 | Great Burdon |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Unitary Authority | Darlington |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.543591 |
| Longitude | -1.511098 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Great Burdon, a quiet enclave in County Durham, holds a gentle presence against the sweeping North East landscape. It lies 3.6 km north-east of Darlington (from Darlington: bearing 51°T, OS grid NZ 317 165), and is situated west of Sadberge village. The fields surrounding Great Burdon, often a patchwork of ripening wheat and deep, ploughed earth, absorb the pale, diffused light characteristic of the region, giving the air a soft, almost tangible quality. Though no grand monuments mark its immediate vicinity, the land itself tells a story of agrarian continuity, its gentle undulations shaped by generations of farmers. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of turned soil and distant livestock, a subtle testament to its enduring connection with the land. Great Burdon, in its understated way, offers a quiet respite, a place where the sky feels vast and the pace of life seems to align with the slow turning of the seasons.
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Explore Great Burdon, 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: 54.543591, -1.511098. 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. |