Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Whitehill, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whitehill 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 Whitehill, 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 | Whitehill |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.858477 |
| Longitude | -1.608024 |
| Place Type | Village |
Whitehill holds the quiet gravity of a landscape shaped by coal and the slow, persistent return of green growth. It lies 1.3 miles west of Chester-le-Street (from Chester-le-Street: bearing 269°T, OS grid NZ 252 515), and is situated south of Pelton Fell village. The light here often feels thin and silver, catching the sudden, sharp incline of the terrain as it rises above the industrial scars of the past. To the north, the metallic silhouette of the King Coal artwork stands as a stark, angular sentinel over the shifting shadows of the landscape. Below the homes, the damp, tangled wildness of The Bottoms valley offers a reprieve where the ground turns soft and resonant underfoot. Whitehill remains defined by these small, rugged transitions, where the memory of the pit works fades into the encroachment of hawthorn and long, pale grasses. The wind carries a cold, clean edge from the higher ground, sharpening the outlines of the rooftops against a bruised, heavy sky. Every path around Whitehill seems to hold the weight of a different era, balanced between the silence of the earth and the lingering hum of its working history.
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Explore Whitehill, 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: 54.858477, -1.608024. 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. |