Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Sherburn Hill, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sherburn Hill 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 Sherburn Hill, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of County Durham or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Sherburn Hill and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Sherburn Hill |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.773211 |
| Longitude | -1.484894 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sherburn Hill occupies a high, exposed ridge where the wind carries the clean, sharp scent of distant Pennine rain. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Hetton-le-Hole (from Hetton-le-Hole: bearing 202°T, OS grid NZ 332 421), and is situated north-west of Shadforth village. The horizon here is wide and demanding, defined by the long, low spine of the Durham plateau that once hummed with the industry of deep coal extraction. To the south, the protected limestone grassland of the Sherburn Hill SSSI marks a patch of ancient earth where sunlight catches the pale, bent heads of meadow grasses. The earth holds the memory of those collieries, though the shafts are long closed and the heavy iron wheels have surrendered to rust. Nearby, the waters of Sherburn Beck cut a quiet, persistent path through the lower fields, carving a channel that has outlasted the human hunger for coal. A sense of solitude defines the streets of Sherburn Hill, where the low evening sun casts long, lean shadows across the brickwork of the older terraces. This is a landscape of hard-won permanence, where the sky feels closer than the ground beneath one's boots.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Sherburn Hill, 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: 54.773211, -1.484894. 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. |