Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore West Cornforth, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Cornforth 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 West Cornforth, 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 | West Cornforth |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.697414 |
| Longitude | -1.512308 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
West Cornforth commands a quiet stretch of the Durham landscape, where the legacy of coal-hewing still shadows the rhythm of the streets. It lies 1.9 miles east-north-east of Ferryhill (from Ferryhill: bearing 72°T, OS grid NZ 315 337), and is situated east-south-east of Cornforth village. The horizon here is defined by wide, open skies that seem to pull the light across the low ridges, illuminating the rugged transition from industrial memory to the wilder earth of the south. To the immediate south, the Thrislington National Nature Reserve guards twenty-three hectares of magnesian limestone grassland, a rare botanical anchor in a region often defined by its deeper, darker seams. Beyond these protected slopes, the land dips toward the modest, meandering course of Coxhoe Beck, which carries the winter runoff toward the wider river systems of the north. West Cornforth maintains a sturdy, unpretentious character, with stone-built rows that turn their faces toward the prevailing winds blowing off the North Sea. Local life moves in concert with these shifting weather patterns, a persistent, rhythmic existence that remains indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world. Every gable end and narrow alleyway serves as a quiet witness to the generations who laboured in the pits, their history written in the very solidity of the brickwork.
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Explore West Cornforth, 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: 54.697414, -1.512308. 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. |