Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Old Thornley, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Thornley 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 Old Thornley, 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 | Old Thornley |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.739590 |
| Longitude | -1.435835 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Old Thornley holds a quiet, austere gravity upon the rising ground of County Durham, where the wind carries the brisk scent of open fields. It lies 4.3 miles west-south-west of Peterlee (from Peterlee: bearing 250°T, OS grid NZ 364 384), and is situated south of Thornley village. The landscape here remains defined by the persistent memory of the earth, particularly where the Old Thornley Medieval Settlement, Open Field System And Hollow Way marks the ground with the faint, rhythmic indentations of ancient ploughing. To the south-south-west, the damp, rich hollows of The Bottoms Sssi support a fragile ecology that thrives away from the reach of the main roads. Daylight often seems to linger longer over these high, exposed pastures, illuminating the stubborn resilience of the local stone walls. Old Thornley retains a stark, unadorned character, shaped by centuries of agricultural toil and the slow, shifting passage of the seasons. Beneath the vast, pale sky of the North East, the horizon remains wide and uncluttered, suggesting a place that has long preferred silence to the clamour of modernity.
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Explore Old Thornley, 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: 54.739590, -1.435835. 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. |