Ebchester
Ebchester is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and Shotley Bridge. It also sits to the south east of Whittonstall and the hamlet of Newlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vindomora and Christ Church Hamsterley.
Vindomora
Archaeological site
Photo: Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Law and Low Westwood.
East Law
Hamlet
East Law is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated on the A694 to the north of Consett and north east of Shotley Bridge. It is located south west of Ebchester, of which it can be considered an outlying part.
Low Westwood
Village
Low Westwood is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated immediately to the west of Hamsterley. Low Westwood is probably best known for Hamsterley Christ Church and Derwent care home.
High Westwood
Hamlet
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Westwood is an English village in County Durham, a few miles to the north of Consett, near Ebchester and Hamsterley. It once had a colliery and coke works.
Ebchester
- Type: Village with 871 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8932° or 54° 53′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.83998° or 1° 50′ 24″ westPopulation
871Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)Open location code
9C6WV5V6+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 21431028OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2650283Wikidata ID
Q603985
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Ebchester” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ebchester”
- French: “Ebchester”
- Hebrew: “אבצ’סטר”
- Irish: “Ebchester”
- Polish: “Ebchester”
- Swedish: “Ebchester”
- Welsh: “Ebchester”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Allendale Cottages and Newlands.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Ebba’s and Ebchester CofE Primary School.
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