Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Lonton, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lonton 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 Lonton, 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 | Lonton |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.616347 |
| Longitude | -2.079157 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lonton commands a quiet authority over the rugged limestone terrain of the North Pennines, where the air tastes of distant rain and cold, high moorland. It lies 8.0 miles north-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 306°T, OS grid NY 949 245), and is situated south-south-east of Middleton-in-Teesdale village. Lonton watches over a landscape carved by industry and ice, where the earth hums with the memory of lead-mining veins. To the west, the sharp, sudden rise of Intake Hill directs the gaze toward a horizon that feels both vast and intimately scaled. The immediate ground is shaped by the geological complexity of the Middleton Quarry SSSI, where the exposed strata reveal the ancient, stony heart of the valley. Winter light here has a piercing, silver quality, catching the edges of stone walls that stitch the fields together against the wind. Lonton remains a place of sparse, honest lines, defined by the slow drift of clouds over the hills rather than the clamour of modern life. It is a location where the silence is not empty, but heavy with the slow, tectonic patience of the surrounding fells.
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Explore Lonton, 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: 54.616347, -2.079157. 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. |