Shadforth
Shadforth is a village in County Durham, England, a few miles east of Durham. The historic centre of the village is a conservation area. The population at the 2011 census was 2,118. Shadforth is also a civil parish that incorporates Ludworth and Sherburn Hill.Photo: John Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 2,210 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shadforth, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crime Rigg and Sherburn Hill Quarries and Ludworth Tower.
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.
Church of St Laurence
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Laurence is situated 2 miles northwest of Shadforth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherburn Hill and Old Cassop.
Sherburn Hill
Village
Sherburn Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the east of Sherburn. From 1835 to 1965, the Sherburn Hill Colliery operated near the village.
Old Cassop
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Cassop is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south-east of Durham.
Ludworth
Hamlet
Photo: GRAEME and LESLEY CRANSTON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ludworth is a pit village in County Durham, England situated between Durham and Peterlee. Ludworth is 6.2 miles from Durham City Centre and 5.4 miles from Peterlee.
Shadforth
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Shadforth, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.76284° or 54° 45′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.46731° or 1° 28′ 2″ westPopulation
2,210Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)Open location code
9C6WQG7M+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 29347654OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
12263946Wikidata ID
Q7460355
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Shadforth” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Шадфортх”
- Cebuano: “Shadforth”
- Dutch: “Shadforth”
- French: “Shadforth”
- Irish: “Shadforth”
- Polish: “Shadforth”
- Swedish: “Shadforth”
- Welsh: “Shadforth”
- “Shadforth”
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