Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Lanehead, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lanehead 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 | Lanehead |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.770044 |
| Longitude | -2.246985 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lanehead, a quiet sentinel in County Durham's embrace, draws its breath from the sweeping moorland sky. It lies 13.3 km east-south-east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 111°T, OS grid NY 842 417), and is situated north-west of Wearhead village. Here, the landscape itself seems to whisper tales of resilience, the heather-clad hills a constant, muted presence under a sky that shifts from bruised violet to the pale gold of dawn. The air, sharp and clean, carries the faint scent of peat and distant sheep, a simple perfume that speaks of an enduring connection to the earth. In the quietude of Lanehead, one can almost feel the slow turning of seasons, a rhythm dictated by the sun and the wind rather than the clamour of clocks.
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Explore Lanehead, 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: 54.770044, -2.246985. 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. |