Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Windlestone, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Windlestone 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 | Windlestone |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.656354 |
| Longitude | -1.590068 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Windlestone, a quiet hamlet in County Durham, hints at a simpler past. It lies 4.2 km south-south-west of Ferryhill (from Ferryhill: bearing 210°T, OS grid NZ 265 291), and is situated west of Rushyford village. The land here, a gentle sweep of green, often catches the low afternoon sun, transforming the fields into canvases of muted gold and russet. Though no grand abbey or castle marks its landscape, the enduring quality of the stone in the scattered farmsteads speaks of generations who have worked this soil. The air, carrying the faint scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, seems to hold the quiet industry of farming, a steady rhythm that has shaped this corner of the North East.
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Explore Windlestone, 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: 54.656354, -1.590068. 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. |