Thornley
Thornley is a locality in County Durham, North East England, England. Thornley is situated nearby to the village Wheatley Hill, as well as near Cassop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wheatley Hill Stadium and Ludworth Tower.
Wheatley Hill Stadium
Athletics track
Wheatley Hill Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium in Wheatley Hill, County Durham. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate.
Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries
Quarry
Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1 kilometre east of the village of Sherburn Hill and about 7 kilometres east of the city of Durham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wingate and Wheatley Hill.
Wingate
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments. Wingate is situated 2½ miles east of Thornley.
Wheatley Hill
Village
Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wheatley Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Peterlee, near Thornley and Wingate. Until 2009, it was part of Easington District.
Thornley
Village
Photo: Karlovian, Public domain.
Thornley is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, about 5 miles to the east of Durham and 5 miles west of Peterlee. The community grew around a coal mine established in 1835, which remained open until 1970.
Thornley
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7443° or 54° 44′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.4409° or 1° 26′ 27″ westElevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
9C6WPHV5+PJGeoNames ID
7291403
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