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Where is Tanfield Lea?

Tanfield Lea is located in the county of Durham, North East England, one mile north of the town of Stanley, six miles south-west of the major town of Gateshead, 95 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 242 miles north of London. Tanfield Lea lies roughly one mile south-west of the Tyne & Wear border. Tanfield Lea falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH9 postcode district. The post town for Tanfield Lea is Stanley.

Tanfield Lea on a map

Map showing extent of Tanfield Lea as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Tanfield Lea
Map showing location of Tanfield Lea within the UK
Location of Tanfield Lea within the UK

Which county is Tanfield Lea in?

Tanfield Lea is in the ceremonial county of Durham, the historic county of Durham, and the administrative county of County Durham.

Ceremonial CountyDurham
Historic CountyDurham
Administrative CountyCounty Durham

Where is Tanfield Lea in Durham?

Tanfield Lea is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Durham, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Durham.

Map showing location of Tanfield Lea within Durham
Location of Tanfield Lea within Durham

What is the postcode for Tanfield Lea?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Tanfield Lea is DH9 9QT.

Where is Tanfield Lea in DH9?

Tanfield Lea is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DH9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DH9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Tanfield Lea within DH9
Location of Tanfield Lea within DH9

What is the post town for Tanfield Lea?

The post town for Tanfield Lea is Stanley. Tanfield Lea is in the DH9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stanley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Tanfield Lea?

The centre of Tanfield Lea is located at position 54.88336° latitude and -1.69224° longitude.

Latitude54.88336°
Longitude-1.69224°

What is the easting and northing of Tanfield Lea?

The centre of Tanfield Lea is located at the grid reference easting 419843 and northing 554333 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting419843
Northing554333

What are the nearest towns to Tanfield Lea?

Position of Tanfield Lea relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Tanfield Lea to the centre of the town.

north
1m
Tanfield Lea is 1 mile north of Stanley
north-east
3m
Tanfield Lea is 3 miles north-east of Annfield Plain
south
4m
Tanfield Lea is 4 miles south of Whickham
west
5m
Tanfield Lea is 5 miles west of Chester-le-Street
south
6m
Tanfield Lea is 6 miles south of Blaydon
east
6m
Tanfield Lea is 6 miles east of Consett
south-west
6m
Tanfield Lea is 6 miles south-west of Gateshead
west
6m
Tanfield Lea is 6 miles west of Washington
south-east
7m
Tanfield Lea is 7 miles south-east of Ryton
south-east
8m
Tanfield Lea is 8 miles south-east of Prudhoe

What are the nearest cities to Tanfield Lea?

Position of Tanfield Lea relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Tanfield Lea to the centre of the city.

south-west
7m
Tanfield Lea is 7 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
9m
Tanfield Lea is 9 miles north-west of Durham
west
12m
Tanfield Lea is 12 miles west of Sunderland
east
49m
Tanfield Lea is 49 miles east of Carlisle
north
52m
Tanfield Lea is 52 miles north of Ripon
north
68m
Tanfield Lea is 68 miles north of York
north-east
73m
Tanfield Lea is 73 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
75m
Tanfield Lea is 75 miles north of Leeds
north
76m
Tanfield Lea is 76 miles north of Bradford
north
83m
Tanfield Lea is 83 miles north of Wakefield