Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Waterhouses, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waterhouses 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 | Waterhouses |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.761129 |
| Longitude | -1.719626 |
| Place Type | Village |
Waterhouses, a quiet hamlet in County Durham, rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to hold its breath. It lies 5.4 km north-north-east of Crook (from Crook: bearing 18°T, OS grid NZ 181 407), and is situated south-west of Esh Winning village. The houses here, often of stone weathered by the damp Northern air, huddle together as if sharing stories of bygone days. A soft, diffused light often falls across the fields surrounding Waterhouses, lending a gentle luminescence to the scene, as if the very air were spun from pearl dust. The surrounding countryside, a patchwork of fields and hedgerows, offers a quiet beauty, undisturbed by the hurried pace of larger settlements. It is a place where the wind whispers through the grasses, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant rain.
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Explore Waterhouses, 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: 54.761129, -1.719626. 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. |