Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Waskerley, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waskerley 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 Waskerley, 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 | Waskerley |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.803449 |
| Longitude | -1.922545 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Waskerley emerges from the high, bracing expanse of the North Pennines as a place defined by the relentless temper of the wind and the muted hues of the heather. It lies 4.9 miles south-west of Consett (from Consett: bearing 226°T, OS grid NZ 050 454), and is situated south-west of Castleside village. Thin ribbons of water, including the nearby Crow Cleugh Sike, carve sharp, silver calligraphy into the dark peat, feeding the wider moorland drainage that dictates the local geography. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, dominated by the brooding presence of Blackpool Hill which watches over the terrain with an indifferent, stony weight. Waskerley carries the ghosts of its industrial past, where the skeletal remains of old railway lines once ferried ironstone through the biting chill of these exposed heights. Today, the landscape is defined by the quiet accumulation of rain and the sudden, vivid flashes of light that skip across the surface of the Smiddy Shaw Reservoir. This water, held in a basin of dark earth and rushes, anchors the sky to the ground, reflecting the changing moods of clouds that gather with speed and intensity. Waskerley remains a place where the elements possess an unyielding authority, demanding a patient respect from those who traverse its open, treeless reaches.
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Explore Waskerley, 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: 54.803449, -1.922545. 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. |