Lime Terrace commands a modest rise in the landscape, its modest dwellings reflecting the quiet resilience of the Durham coalfield. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-west of Shildon (from Shildon: bearing 338°T, OS grid NZ 225 278), and is situated east of Coronation village. The nearby waters of Dene Beck trace a shallow, cooling path through the verdant lowlands just to the north, offering a sharp contrast to the stark industrial history that once defined the surrounding collieries. Lime Terrace endures as a quiet residential corridor, where the pale northern light catches the slate roofs during the long, amber-hued afternoons of late summer. To the south-west, the gentle shoulder of Shawbrow Hill rises against the horizon, providing a constant, silent sentinel over the local topography. Though the clamour of heavy industry has long since faded from these slopes, the orderly arrangement of the streets remains a testament to the structured lives of those who laboured here. Each garden wall and narrow thoroughfare retains a sense of purpose, weathered by the biting winds that frequently sweep across the open plains of the North East. Lime Terrace holds a singular stillness, a place where the passage of time is measured not by grand events, but by the slow, rhythmic shift of the seasons across the fields.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lime Terrace, County Durham, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lime Terrace includes coordinates 54.645448, -1.651635, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Lime Terrace is available on the Lime Terrace map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.