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Thornley

Thornley

Thornley is a village and civil parish in , England, about 5 miles to the east of and 5 miles west of . The community grew around a coal mine established in 1835, which remained open until 1970.
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  • Type: Village with 2,460 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish east of Durham, County Durham, England
  • Also known as: “Thornley, County Durham” and “Thornley, Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thornley War Memorial and Wheatley Hill Stadium.

Memorial
Photo: Karlovian, Public domain.

Athletics track
is a greyhound racing stadium in , . It is situated to the west of , near Thornley and .

Ruins
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wheatley Hill and Ludworth.

Village
Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , in England. It is situated to the west of , near Thornley and . Until 2009, it was part of Easington District.

Hamlet
Photo: GRAEME and LESLEY CRANSTON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pit village in , England situated between and . is 6.2 miles from Durham City Centre and 5.4 miles from .

Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Thornley

Latitude
54.75028° or 54° 45′ 1″ north
Longitude
-1.43653° or 1° 26′ 12″ west
Population
2,460
Elevation
479 feet (146 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB NLE
Open location code
9C6WQH27+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 269486024
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2635978
Wiki­data ID
Q7796462
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Thornley” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Thornley (Durham konderria)”
  • Basque: “Thornley”
  • Cebuano: “Thornley (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Thornley”
  • Dutch: “Thornley, Durham”
  • French: “Thornley”
  • Irish: “Thornley”
  • Polish: “Thornley”
  • Swedish: “Thornley, Durham”
  • Swedish: “Thornley”
  • Welsh: “Thornley, Durham”
  • Welsh: “Thornley”
  • “Thornley”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Thornley Library and Thornley Village Centre.

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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 “Thornley”. Photo: Karlovian, Public domain.