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.
| Place | Lonton |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.616347 |
| Longitude | -2.079157 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lonton breathes the quietude of the Teesdale landscape. It lies 12.9 km 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. The hamlet surveys a sweep of green fields, often softened by the pearly light that falls from the wide Durham sky, and the air here carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant sheep. Life in Lonton unfolds with a gentle cadence, dictated more by the seasons and the turning of the agricultural year than by any urgent clock. Its scattered dwellings, some of stone that has weathered generations, seem to have grown organically from the land, their roofs catching the muted sun. The quietude of Lonton is a palpable thing, a stillness that allows the subtle sounds of the countryside – the bleating of lambs, the rustle of wind through hedgerows – to come to the fore.
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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 | 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. |