Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore High Urpeth, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Urpeth 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 | High Urpeth |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.881019 |
| Longitude | -1.629579 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
High Urpeth rests as a quiet presence in County Durham's landscape. It lies 4.2 km east-north-east of Stanley (from Stanley: bearing 77°T, OS grid NZ 238 540), and is situated north-north-east of High Handenhold village. The gentle slopes around High Urpeth, often touched by the soft, diffused light characteristic of North East England, hint at a history intertwined with the land. Its fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under the expansive sky, speak of an enduring agricultural spirit that has shaped the hamlet. The air here carries a subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a testament to its rural character.
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Explore High Urpeth, 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: 54.881019, -1.629579. 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. |