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Hetton le Hill Tyne and Wear Map

Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East

Explore Hetton le Hill, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hetton le Hill 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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PlaceHetton le Hill
Traditional CountyTyne and Wear
District / BoroughSunderland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.802156
Longitude-1.451905
Place TypeHamlet

About Hetton le Hill

Hetton le Hill retains a quiet, stoic presence upon the ridge, watching over the shifting light of the Durham landscape. It lies 1.3 miles south of Hetton-le-Hole (from Hetton-le-Hole: bearing 179°T, OS grid NZ 353 453), and is situated south-west of Easington Lane village. The land here rises in modest swells, where the sharp, clean air often carries the scent of damp earth from the nearby Elemore Vale. To the west, the slopes of Cobbler’s Hill catch the low sun, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields toward the horizon. The ground beneath Hetton le Hill holds the residue of a coal-rich past, a subterranean history that hums beneath the modern quiet of the lanes. Just a short distance away, the dense, verdant canopy of Elemore Wood provides a sanctuary for wildlife, standing in dark contrast to the open, windswept pastures that define the immediate surroundings. Walking the periphery of this place, one senses a deliberate stillness, as if the landscape itself is holding its breath against the encroachment of the surrounding sprawl. Each path tracing the perimeter reveals a horizon defined by the stark, industrial beauty of North East England, where the sky feels vast and unsparing.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Cobbler's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 246° WSW
  • Elemore Vale (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 076° ENE
  • Elemore Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 168° SSE
  • White Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 098° E
  • Coldwell Burn (River) — 0.9 mi, 160° SSE
  • Moorsley Banks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 288° WNW · 6 ha
  • Pig Hill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 129° SE · 13 ha
  • Stephenson Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 029° NNE
  • Enclosed Hilltop Settlement On Pig Hill, 600M South West Of High Fallowfield (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 119° ESE · 3 ha
  • Blossom Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 023° NNE
  • High Haswell Chapel 300M South East Of Low Haswell (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 143° SE
  • Hetton Lyons Country Park (Park) — 1.4 mi, 020° NNE
  • Lyons Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 019° NNE
  • Kip The Pit Pony and Coal Tub (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 243° WSW
  • Hetton Park (Park) — 1.7 mi, 353° N
  • Prior'S Hall, Hallgarth (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 234° SW
  • Coalford Beck (River) — 2.3 mi, 233° SW
  • Haswell Colliery Engine House (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 147° SSE
  • Adventure Valley (Theme Park) — 3.4 mi, 275° W
  • Down at the Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.6 mi, 006° N
  • Kepier Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.7 mi, 264° W
  • Thornley Pit Wheel (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 170° S
  • Wheatley Hill Pit Wheel (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 154° SSE
  • Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 161° SSE
  • Cassop (National Nature Reserve) — 4.5 mi, 201° SSW · 7 ha
  • Old Durham Gardens (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.6 mi, 242° WSW · 1 ha
  • Dalden Tower (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 064° ENE
  • The Lubetkin Theatre (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 124° SE
  • The Magic Corner (Theatre) — 5.0 mi, 248° WSW
  • Crook Hall Gardens (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 255° WSW

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About This Hetton le Hill Map Page

Explore Hetton le Hill, Tyne and Wear, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.802156, -1.451905. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.