Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Mount Pleasant, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mount Pleasant 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 | Mount Pleasant |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.701788 |
| Longitude | -1.581262 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Mount Pleasant, a quiet corner of County Durham, offers a modest but pleasant prospect. It lies 1.5 km east-north-east of Spennymoor (from Spennymoor: bearing 74°T, OS grid NZ 270 341). The landscape hereabouts unfolds with a gentle, unassuming grace, the fields often holding a deep, earthy green that catches the low afternoon sun. Though no grand edifices command the skyline, the local primary school, a solid red-brick structure, stands as a quiet hub, its playgrounds echoing with the familiar sounds of childhood. The air, particularly after a rain shower, can carry the faint, clean scent of damp soil and distant hedgerows, a subtle reminder of the agricultural character that still underpins the region. Mount Pleasant, for all its understated nature, possesses a certain settled quality, a place where life proceeds with a steady, unhurried beat.
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Explore Mount Pleasant, 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: 54.701788, -1.581262. 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. |