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Monk Hesleden

Monk Hesleden is a village and civil parish in , England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 5,722. The parish is situated to the north-west of , and is on the coast.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 5,560 residents
  • Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Monk Hesleden, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hulam Fen and Hart Bog.

Protected area
is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of east , , just south of the village of , about 8 km north-west of .

Protected area
is a 1.79 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in , notified in 1968. SSSIs are designated by Natural England, formally English Nature, which uses the 1974–1996 county system.

Church
Photo: Richard Atkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Church of England parish church in the village of , , . It was founded in 675 AD and is the oldest church in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peterlee and Horden.

Town
is a town in County Durham, England, south of , north of , west of the Durham Coast and east of . It gained town status in 1948 under the New Towns Act 1946, which also created the nearby settlements of and . is situated 3 miles northwest of Monk Hesleden.

Village
Photo: michael patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and electoral ward in , England. It is situated on the coast, to the east of , approximately 12 miles south of Sunderland. is situated 2½ miles north of Monk Hesleden.

Village
Photo: Richard Atkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , , northwest of .

Monk Hesleden

Latitude
54.7286° or 54° 43′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.2944° or 1° 17′ 40″ west
Population
5,560
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
9C6WPPH4+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30438329
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7294478
Wiki­data ID
Q6900631
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Satellite Map

Discover Monk Hesleden from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Monk Hesleden” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “মঙ্ক হেস্লেডেন”
  • Cebuano: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Chinese: “蒙克赫苏登”
  • Chinese: “蒙克赫蘇登”
  • Dutch: “Monk Hesleden”
  • French: “Monk Hesleden”
  • German: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Gujarati: “મોન્ક હેસલડન”
  • Irish: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Japanese: “モンク・ヘスレデン”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಂಕ್ ಹೆಸ್ಲೆಡನ್”
  • Korean: “몽크 헤슬덴”
  • Lithuanian: “Monk Hesledenas”
  • Polish: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Portuguese: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Russian: “Монк-Хеслден”
  • Spanish: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Swedish: “Monk Hesleden”
  • Tamil: “மோங்க ஹெஸ்க்லேடென்”
  • Telugu: “మక్ హెస్లెడెన్”
  • Urdu: “مونک ہیسلیدین”
  • Welsh: “Monk Hesleden”
  • “Monk Hesleden”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as High Hesleden and Hesleden.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Graveyard of former St. Mary’s Church and Heselden Hall.

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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 “Monk Hesleden”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.