Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Littletown, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Littletown 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 Littletown, 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 | Littletown |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.784047 |
| Longitude | -1.474027 |
| Place Type | Village |
Littletown remains a modest collection of dwellings that holds the quiet endurance of the Durham coalfield within its modest footprint. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-west of Hetton-le-Hole (from Hetton-le-Hole: bearing 199°T, OS grid NZ 339 433), and is situated south-east of High Pittington village. The landscape here possesses a raw, unadorned honesty, where the horizon is defined by the gentle, rolling rise of Sherburn Hill as it catches the low afternoon sun. A short distance away, the preserved remains of Prior’s Hall at Hallgarth stand as a spectral reminder of medieval monastic influence, anchoring the present to a much older, more deliberate earth. The light in Littletown often seems to sharpen against the stone, casting long, austere shadows that emphasize the stark simplicity of the surrounding fields. Residents walk paths that wind toward the greenery of Elemore Wood, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp loam and encroaching seasonal change. Whatever industrial clamour once defined the extraction of deep-seam coal has long since faded, leaving behind a profound silence that allows the wind to move unimpeded across the open pasture. Littletown persists in this quietude, a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons over the North East landscape.
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Explore Littletown, 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: 54.784047, -1.474027. 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. |