North East England
County Durham
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Porrit’s Close Hill

Porrit’s Close Hill is a peak in , , . Porrit’s Close Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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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 Monk Hesleden.

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 .

Hamlet
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.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England. is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments.

Porrit’s Close Hill

Latitude
54.7201° or 54° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.3081° or 1° 18′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C6WPMCR+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4768382061
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hulam and Lamb’s Close.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Battersley Hill and Graveyard of former St. Mary’s Church.

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