Fir Tree
Fir Tree is a village in County Durham, in England. It is west of Crook, near the River Wear. Fir Tree has a petrol station and two pubs: The Duke of York and The Fir Tree Country Hotel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 314 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Fir Tree, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fir Tree War Memorial Drinking Fountain and Harperley POW Camp 93.
Harperley POW Camp 93
Photo: Rolyat29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England.
Witton-le-Wear railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Witton-le-Wear railway station is a railway station on the Weardale heritage railway serves the village of Witton-le-Wear in County Durham, North East England, and is the penultimate stop for most of line's eastbound passenger services. Witton-le-Wear railway station is situated 2 miles south of Fir Tree.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crook and Howden-le-Wear.
Crook
Town
Photo: Walkerma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crook is a market town in the Durham County Council unitary authority and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located on the edge of Weardale and sometimes referred to as the "Gateway to Weardale".
Howden-le-Wear
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howden-le-Wear is a village in County Durham, in England. Howden-le-Wear is approximately 1 mile south of the large market town of Crook. It has a number of shops including the village One Stop convenience store, hairdressers, butchers and the petrol station.
Roddymoor
Village
Roddymoor is a village in County Durham, in England. In the 2001 census Roddymoor had a population of 500. Roddymoor is situated 2 miles northeast of Fir Tree.
Fir Tree
- Category: locality
- Location: Wolsingham, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.70422° or 54° 42′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.7838° or 1° 47′ 2″ westPopulation
314Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)Open location code
9C6WP638+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4836135136OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2649379Wikidata ID
Q5451213
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Fir Tree” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fir Tree, County Durham”
- French: “Fir Tree”
- Irish: “Fir Tree”
- Polish: “Fir Tree (Durham)”
- Polish: “Fir Tree”
- Swedish: “Fir Tree”
- Welsh: “Fir Tree, Swydd Durham”
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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 “Fir Tree”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.