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West Rainton

West Rainton

West Rainton is a village in the civil parish of West Rainton and Leamside, in , England. It is situated between and . is about one-half mile to the west, and the south-western end of the village is known by the separate name of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,320 residents
  • Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
  • Also known as: “West Rainton, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary, West Rainton and Middle Rainton.

Church
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Picnic site
was a small between West Rainton and on the boundary of County Durham and the City of Sunderland, north east England.

Nature reserve
Photo: Jimmy Pitt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a just to the west of East Rainton, County Durham, . The reserve, which covers 60 ha, and the adjacent Site of Special Scientific Interest, are managed by Durham Wildlife Trust.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rainton Gate and Leamside.

Locality
is a village in , England. It is situated between and , next to West Rainton.

Hamlet
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village close to the city of , , in . It is situated to the west of West Rainton. It is part of the civil parish of West Rainton.

Village
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of , England. It is situated alongside the A690 road between Sunderland and , near .

West Rainton

Latitude
54.81516° or 54° 48′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.50001° or 1° 30′ west
Population
2,320
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
Open location code
9C6WRF8X+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29344650
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634288
Wiki­data ID
Q2178603
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“West Rainton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “West Rainton”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট রেইন্টন”
  • Cebuano: “West Rainton”
  • Chinese: “West Rainton”
  • Chinese: “西雷恩頓”
  • Chinese: “西雷恩顿”
  • Dutch: “West Rainton”
  • French: “West Rainton”
  • German: “West Rainton”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ રૈનટન”
  • Irish: “West Rainton”
  • Italian: “West Rainton”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・レイントン”
  • Japanese: “西レイントン”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ರೈನ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “웨스트 레인턴”
  • Lithuanian: “Vest Reintonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Rainton”
  • Persian: “وست رینتون”
  • Polish: “West Rainton”
  • Portuguese: “West Rainton”
  • Russian: “Вест-Рейнтон”
  • Spanish: “West Rainton”
  • Swedish: “West Rainton (distriktshuvudort)”
  • Swedish: “West Rainton”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு ரயின்டோன்”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ రెయిన్ టన్”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ راینٹن”
  • Welsh: “West Rainton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Rainton”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.