Greencroft
Greencroft is a village and separately a parish in County Durham, England. Together, they are situated between Lanchester and Annfield Plain. Greencroft consists of two entities: Greencroft village is mainly centred around a crossroads through which the A693 formerly passed.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Ives and St Bede’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College.
St Bede’s Catholic School and Sixth Form College
School
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Lanchester, County Durham, England.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 2½ miles northeast of Greencroft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Consett and Stanley.
Consett
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Consett is a former steel-making town in County Durham, in the hills 14 miles southwest of Newcastle. In 2021 the population was 29,885.
Stanley
Town
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham in England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, Stanley lies south-west of Gateshead. Stanley is situated 2½ miles northeast of Greencroft.
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.
Greencroft
- Type: Village
- 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
54.8562° or 54° 51′ 22″ northLongitude
-1.7508° or 1° 45′ 3″ westElevation
646 feet (197 metres)Open location code
9C6WV64X+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 410351687OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Welsh—“Greencroft” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Greencroft”
- Cebuano: “Greencroft”
- Dutch: “Greencroft”
- French: “Greencroft”
- Irish: “Greencroft”
- Polish: “Greencroft”
- Swedish: “Greencroft”
- Welsh: “Greencroft”
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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 “Greencroft”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.