Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Shield Row, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shield Row 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 Shield Row, 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 | Shield Row |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.877443 |
| Longitude | -1.687167 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Shield Row emerges from the high, bracing contours of the Durham coalfield, where the horizon holds a sharp, industrial clarity. It lies 0.4 miles north-east of Stanley (from Stanley: bearing 36°T, OS grid NZ 201 536). Low-slung terraces define the streets, their brickwork absorbing the pale, thin light that skims across the northern ridges. A walk southward reveals the Pine Feature, a solitary sculptural presence that marks the transition between the domestic hearths and the open, wind-swept tracts of the former colliery landscape. Beneath the grey expanse of a County Durham sky, the terrain retains the memory of deep seams and iron-wrought ambition. The nearby Outdoor Performance Area provides a quiet stage for local life, its concrete geometry contrasting with the soft, encroaching wildness of the surrounding scrubland. Shield Row endures as a testament to the resilience of those who once laboured in the dark, heavy earth below. Even now, the air carries a particular briskness that seems to sharpen the edges of the slate roofs and the quiet, persistent geometry of the roads.
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Explore Shield Row, 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: 54.877443, -1.687167. 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. |