West Kyo
West Kyo is a small village in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. The name 'kyo' is derived from an old word for 'cow'. It is situated a very short distance to the north of Annfield Plain and to the east of Catchgate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kyo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Pontop Pike transmitting station.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 1½ miles east of West Kyo.
Pontop Pike transmitting station
The Pontop Pike transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting situated on a 312-metre high hill of the same name between Stanley and Consett, County Durham, near the village of Dipton, England.North Durham Academy
School
North Durham Academy is a secondary school with academy status based in Stanley in County Durham, England. The school was formed in September 2011, when Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School and Stanley School of Technology formally merged. North Durham Academy is situated 2 miles east of West Kyo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catchgate and Annfield Plain.
Catchgate
Village
Catchgate is a former mining village in County Durham, England. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people. The nearest town is Stanley, also a former coal mining community. The town of Consett, once famous for its steel works, is 5 miles away.
Annfield Plain
Village
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, 3 mi to the north-east, and Consett, 5 mi to the west.
Harelaw
Village
Harelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the B6168 road to the north of Annfield Plain and Catchgate, south of Flint Hill and east of Dipton.
West Kyo
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.86591° or 54° 51′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.73757° or 1° 44′ 15″ westElevation
768 feet (234 metres)Open location code
9C6WV786+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 410351690OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“West Kyo” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “West Kyo”
- French: “West Kyo”
- Irish: “West Kyo”
- Polish: “West Kyo”
- Welsh: “West Kyo”
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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 Kyo”. Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.