Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Low Etherley, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Low Etherley 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 Low Etherley, 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 | Low Etherley |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.653173 |
| Longitude | -1.743896 |
| Place Type | Village |
Low Etherley keeps a watchful eye over the sloping pastures that descend toward the Wear valley. It lies 2.7 miles west-south-west of Bishop Auckland (from Bishop Auckland: bearing 254°T, OS grid NZ 166 287), and is situated north of High Etherley village. Iron-grey skies often settle over the rooftops, casting a sober light upon the stone boundaries that trace the old coal-flecked earth. A short distance to the north-east, the Belts Gill Embankment stands as a stark, skeletal reminder of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, where the earthwork of the Northern Etherley Incline still holds the memory of heavy wagons and steam. The air here holds a crisp, northern clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the open ridges that roll toward the horizon. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the landscape shifts into the wilder, verdant basin of the Witton-Le-Wear SSSI, where the water gathers in quiet pools. Low Etherley remains grounded in this rugged geography, where the legacy of industry has softened into the quiet indifference of the fields. The passage of time here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the slow, rhythmic shifting of the seasons across the exposed hillsides.
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Explore Low Etherley, 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: 54.653173, -1.743896. 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. |