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Howlish County Durham Map

Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East

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

How to Use This Howlish, County Durham Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Howlish, 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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PlaceHowlish
Traditional CountyCounty Durham
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.654290
Longitude-1.627164
Place TypeHamlet

About Howlish

Howlish remains a quiet pocket of County Durham where the horizon stretches wide across the uneven fields. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Shildon (from Shildon: bearing 25°T, OS grid NZ 241 288), and is situated south-south-east of Coundon village. The land here holds the memory of deep seams and hard labour, though now the earth yields only to the slow turn of the plough. To the south-west, the Gurney Valley cradles a stillness that seems to gather the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. The light hits the stone of local walls with a pale, silver clarity that makes the surrounding pastures appear sharper, almost translucent. A short distance to the west, the winding path of Dene Beck marks the boundary where the ground begins its subtle descent. Howlish observes the changing seasons with a stoic patience, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world. The winds that sweep across these elevations carry the sharp, clean scent of damp soil and ancient stone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Gurney Valley (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 233° SW
  • Canney Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 301° WNW
  • Etty Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 016° NNE
  • Dene Beck (River) — 1.1 mi, 246° WSW
  • High Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 110° ESE
  • Middle Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 105° ESE
  • Windlestone Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.5 mi, 101° E · 83 ha
  • Lower Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 100° E
  • Auckland Castle Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.6 mi, 309° NW · 127 ha
  • Auckland Castle Deer Park (Park) — 1.7 mi, 307° NW
  • The Green (Park) — 1.8 mi, 158° SSE
  • Deer Shelter In Auckland Castle Deer Park (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 303° WNW
  • Well head (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 315° NW
  • Castle Chare fountain (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 291° WNW
  • Auckland Castle Deer Shelter (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 302° WNW
  • Faith Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 295° WNW
  • Light Engine (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 190° S
  • The Bishops (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 292° WNW
  • Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 184° S
  • Middridge Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 167° SSE · 2 ha
  • The Eleven Arches Night Show - Kynren (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 300° WNW
  • Bellburn Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 321° NW
  • Binchester Roman Fort (Vinovia) (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 309° NW · 9 ha
  • Binchester Roman Fort (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 308° NW
  • Stockton & Darlington Railway: Brusselton Inclines (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 217° SW · 3 ha
  • REEL Cinema (Cinema) — 2.7 mi, 246° WSW
  • Rushyford Beck (River) — 2.8 mi, 094° E
  • Durham Mining Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 018° NNE
  • Aycliffe and District Bus Preservation Society (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 147° SSE
  • The Carrs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.5 mi, 058° ENE · 14 ha

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About This Howlish Map Page

Explore Howlish, 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: 54.654290, -1.627164. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.