Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Little Thorpe, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Thorpe 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 Little Thorpe, 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 | Little Thorpe |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.777184 |
| Longitude | -1.343635 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Thorpe retains a modest, solitary character amidst the open, rolling fields of the Durham coast. It lies 1.2 miles north-north-west of Peterlee (from Peterlee: bearing 344°T, OS grid NZ 423 426), and is situated south-south-east of Easington village. The land here rises and falls with a quiet persistence, defined by the gentle elevation of Andrew’s Hill to the west which catches the low, pale light of the North Sea mornings. To the east, the water of Thorpe Burn traces a narrow, rhythmic path through the fields, carving a subtle boundary that has long defined the local topography. The air in Little Thorpe carries a bracing salinity, a reminder of the proximity to the coast where the horizon stretches wide and grey. Below the hamlet, the landscape descends toward the deeper folds of the earth, where the hidden history of medieval life lingers in the soil. Residents often walk the paths that skirt the edges of the fields, observing how the seasons alter the texture of the grass and the clarity of the sky. Little Thorpe remains a place of unassuming stillness, where the modern world feels distant and the wind maintains a steady, ancient conversation with the hedgerows.
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Explore Little Thorpe, 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: 54.777184, -1.343635. 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. |