Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Greencroft, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Greencroft 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 | Greencroft |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.854264 |
| Longitude | -1.752407 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Greencroft, a place of quiet corners and enduring brick, holds a modest character in County Durham. It lies 1.1 km south-south-west of Annfield Plain (from Annfield Plain: bearing 205°T, OS grid NZ 159 510). The landscape around Greencroft unfolds with a subtle, rolling grace, reminiscent of the land’s long agricultural past, though the echoes of industry are never far from earshot. The sky here often carries a peculiar luminescence, a soft, diffused light that lends a certain gravitas to the everyday scenes. Its streets, lined with houses that speak of generations of quiet lives, possess a comforting solidity, and the air can sometimes carry the faint, mineral tang of the earth.
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Explore Greencroft, 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: 54.854264, -1.752407. 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. |