Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore West Butsfield, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Butsfield 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.
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| Place | West Butsfield |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.799007 |
| Longitude | -1.844361 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Butsfield marks a quiet elevation in the high, wind-swept pastures of County Durham. It lies 3.7 miles north-north-west of Tow Law (from Tow Law: bearing 342°T, OS grid NZ 101 449), and is situated north-west of Satley village. The horizon here is dominated by the broad, brooding shoulders of Oxen Law, where the light shifts rapidly across the heather and coarse upland grasses. Water carves the surrounding geography with persistence, as the Quick Burn traces a southward path through the deeper folds of the terrain. West Butsfield maintains an austere character, defined by the stark clarity of its northern air and the resilience of its stone dwellings. Nearby, the remnants of a Roman aqueduct serve as a silent reminder of ancient engineering, grounding the modern fields in a much older, more deliberate history. The land holds a particular stillness, broken only by the thin, sharp call of lapwings wheeling above the rising slopes. This high plateau offers a vantage point where one might observe the slow, seasonal pulse of the North East region beneath a vast and unrelenting sky.
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Explore West Butsfield, 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: 54.799007, -1.844361. 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. |