Mainsforth
Mainsforth is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bishop Middleham, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bishop Middleham Quarry and Fishburn.
Bishop Middleham Quarry
Nature reserve
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishop Middleham Quarry is a disused quarry, about 4 kilometres north-west of Sedgefield, County Durham, England. Quarry-working here ceased in 1934, and the site has since been colonised by vegetation.
Fishburn
Aerodrome
Fishburn Airfield is a small grass strip airfield in Fishburn, County Durham. The airfield was opened on 30 June 1995 by the then local MP and Leader of the Opposition Tony Blair. Fishburn is situated 2 miles east of Mainsforth.
St Aidan’s Church
Church
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Aidan’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Mainsforth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferryhill Station and Chilton Lane.
Ferryhill Station
Village
Ferryhill Station is situated to the south east of Ferryhill, next to Chilton Lane and near the site of Ferryhill railway station, a few miles south of Durham.
Chilton Lane
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chilton Lane is a village in County Durham, England, situated a short distance to the south-east of Ferryhill, and immediately to the south of Ferryhill Station. Nearby are Great Chilton, East Chilton, Chilton Grange and Little Chilton.
Bishop Middleham
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bishop Middleham is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,275 It is close to Sedgefield.
Mainsforth
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Bishop Middleham, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67709° or 54° 40′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.5119° or 1° 30′ 43″ westElevation
344 feet (105 metres)Open location code
9C6WMFGQ+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 433890630OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Mainsforth” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mainsforth”
- French: “Mainsforth”
- Irish: “Mainsforth”
- Polish: “Mainsforth”
- Swedish: “Mainsforth”
- Welsh: “Mainsforth”
- “Mainsforth”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mainsforth Wood and Mainsforth Sports Complex.
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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 “Mainsforth”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.