Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore New Brancepeth, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Brancepeth 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 New Brancepeth, 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 | New Brancepeth |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.768514 |
| Longitude | -1.652709 |
| Place Type | Village |
New Brancepeth preserves the stubborn, quiet character of a former coal-mining outpost, its streets laid out with a stark, purposeful geometry upon the ridge. It lies 2.9 miles west-south-west of Durham (from Durham: bearing 257°T, OS grid NZ 224 415), and is situated south-south-west of Ushaw Moor village. The cold, grey stone of the original terraced housing holds the memory of a time when the shaft heads defined the horizon, casting long shadows over the surrounding fields. To the east, the landscape descends into the Deerness Valley, where the water flows with a rhythmic, insistent clarity that seems indifferent to the industrial past of the banks. A curious metal palm tree stands as a singular, rusted sentinel in the centre of New Brancepeth, its sharp fronds offering a strange, metallic contrast to the soft, rolling contours of the Durham hills. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, particularly when the wind sweeps across the open ground from the direction of the nearby woods. These elevations offer a vantage point where the sky appears vast and unburdened, pressing down with a pale, luminous weight upon the slate rooftops.
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Explore New Brancepeth, 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: 54.768514, -1.652709. 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. |