Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore The Sands, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Sands 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 | The Sands |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.780479 |
| Longitude | -1.572319 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The Sands, a quiet suburb of Durham, gently unfurls itself on the eastern flank of the historic city. It lies 0.7 km east-north-east of Durham (from Durham: bearing 66°T, OS grid NZ 276 429). Here, the land slopes with a subtle grace, catching the morning light in a way that softens the edges of its modern dwellings. A network of footpaths, worn smooth by generations of walkers, meanders through patches of scrubland and small copses, hinting at a past where the boundaries between habitation and wilder country were less defined. The air often carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the fertile soil that underpins this stretch of County Durham. Even on a grey day, the sky above The Sands seems to possess a particular depth, a vast canvas against which the occasional hawk circles.
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Explore The Sands, 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: 54.780479, -1.572319. 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. |