(Village near Potto)
Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Swainby, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swainby 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 | Swainby |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.408171 |
| Longitude | -1.262569 |
| Place Type | Village |
Swainby lies quietly in the embrace of North Yorkshire's gentle contours. It lies 12.7 km south-south-east of Yarm (from Yarm: bearing 152°T, OS grid NZ 479 016), and is situated south-south-east of Potto village. The village's cluster of stone-built cottages, their roofs softened by time and lichen, speaks of generations who have drawn sustenance and solace from this fertile land. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-grey Yorkshire sky, can imbue the weathered stone walls with a surprising warmth, illuminating the quiet dignity of this place. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the season, roll away towards the horizon, hinting at the enduring rhythm of agricultural life that underpins Swainby. A sense of quiet continuity pervades the air, a feeling that the present is but a fleeting moment in a long and unbroken narrative.
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Explore Swainby, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.408171, -1.262569. 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. |