Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Oakenshaw, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Oakenshaw 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 | Oakenshaw |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.725579 |
| Longitude | -1.686660 |
| Place Type | Village |
Oakenshaw breathes a quiet persistence in the County Durham landscape. It lies 1.6 km north-north-east of Willington (from Willington: bearing 16°T, OS grid NZ 202 367). The land around Oakenshaw, gently rolling, holds the echoes of its mining heritage, though now the fields stretch with a different kind of quiet purpose. The very air seems to carry a subtle luminescence on a clear afternoon, catching the edges of the scattered farmsteads and the modest homes that compose Oakenshaw. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, its existence is a steadfast declaration against the passing seasons, a small constellation of lives charting their course.
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Explore Oakenshaw, 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: 54.725579, -1.686660. 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. |