Harelaw
Harelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the B6168 road to the north of Annfield Plain and Catchgate, south of Flint Hill and east of Dipton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Harelaw, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontop Pike transmitting station and Pontop Hall.
Pontop Pike transmitting station
The Pontop Pike transmitting station is a facility for telecommunications and broadcasting situated on a 312-metre high hill of the same name between Stanley and Consett, County Durham, near the village of Dipton, England.
Hamsterley Hall
Castle
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne. Hamsterley Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Harelaw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Catchgate and Dipton.
Catchgate
Village
Catchgate is a former mining village in County Durham, England. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people. The nearest town is Stanley, also a former coal mining community. The town of Consett, once famous for its steel works, is 5 miles away.
Dipton
Village
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dipton is a village located in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north-east of Consett, 3 miles south west of Burnopfield and a short distance to the north-west of Annfield Plain.
West Kyo
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Kyo is a small village in County Durham, England, United Kingdom. The name 'kyo' is derived from an old word for 'cow'. It is situated a very short distance to the north of Annfield Plain and to the east of Catchgate.
Harelaw
- Category: locality
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87082° or 54° 52′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.75105° or 1° 45′ 4″ westElevation
817 feet (249 metres)Open location code
9C6WV6CX+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 410351686OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Harelaw” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Harelaw”
- French: “Harelaw”
- Irish: “Harelaw”
- Polish: “Harelaw”
- Welsh: “Harelaw”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old Harelaw Cemetery and St Thomas’s Church, Hare Law.
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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 “Harelaw”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.