Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Hawthorn, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hawthorn 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hawthorn, County Durham, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Hawthorn |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.801536 |
| Longitude | -1.354876 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hawthorn reveals itself as a quiet collection of stone and brick, holding its history in the modest lines of its older dwellings. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-west of Seaham (from Seaham: bearing 199°T, OS grid NZ 415 453), and is situated north of Easington village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace toward the sea, where the limestone cliffs have been worn into jagged, expressive forms by the North Sea. To the east, the deep, wooded corridor of Hawthorn Dene Sssi offers a sheltered sanctuary where the air remains heavy with the scent of damp earth and ancient ferns. A short distance to the north-west, the rounded rise of Batter Law Hill commands the horizon, providing a vantage point over a landscape that has long balanced agricultural stillness with the distant memory of coal mining. The light over Hawthorn often carries a pale, silver quality, particularly during the late afternoons when the shadows stretch long across the fields. Residents move through their days with a measured pace that seems to mirror the slow, persistent flow of the nearby watercourses. This quietude defines the character of Hawthorn, grounding it firmly in a corner of Durham that values the permanence of the earth above the fleeting noise of modernity.
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Explore Hawthorn, 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: 54.801536, -1.354876. 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 | August 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. |