Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Rowley, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rowley 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 Rowley, 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 | Rowley |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.826287 |
| Longitude | -1.865206 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rowley occupies a high, exposed ridge in County Durham where the winds carry the sharp, clean scent of upland pastures. It lies 2.3 miles south-west of Consett (from Consett: bearing 214°T, OS grid NZ 087 479), and is situated south-east of Castleside village. The land falls away in long, bruised shadows toward the Watergate Burn, which carves its path through the lower slopes with a persistent, cold clarity. A quiet gravity defines the horizon, where the rise of Green Hill draws the eye toward the ragged seam between earth and sky. Rowley remains a place of sparse, hard-won beauty, where the light shifts rapidly across the rough grasses and stone boundaries. Farmers here contend with a landscape that resists easy cultivation, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the seasons rather than the nearby industrial echoes of the North East. Stone walls, dry and grey, fragment the fields into a mosaic that holds the winter frost long after the sun has climbed high. Through the stillness, one senses the ancient, heavy silence of the hills, an enduring presence that outlasts the brief passage of modern transit.
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Explore Rowley, 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: 54.826287, -1.865206. 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. |