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Where is Alum Waters?

Alum Waters is located in the county of Durham, North East England, two miles west of the city of Durham, 13 miles south of the major town of Gateshead, 102 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 233 miles north of London. Alum Waters lies six miles south of the Tyne & Wear border. Alum Waters falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH7 postcode district. The post town for Alum Waters is Durham.

Alum Waters on a map

Map showing extent of Alum Waters as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Alum Waters
Map showing location of Alum Waters within the UK
Location of Alum Waters within the UK

Which county is Alum Waters in?

Alum Waters 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 Alum Waters in Durham?

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

Map showing location of Alum Waters within Durham
Location of Alum Waters within Durham

What is the postcode for Alum Waters?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Alum Waters is DH7 7JL.

Where is Alum Waters in DH7?

Alum Waters is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DH7 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DH7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Alum Waters within DH7
Location of Alum Waters within DH7

What is the post town for Alum Waters?

The post town for Alum Waters is Durham. Alum Waters is in the DH7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Durham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Alum Waters?

The centre of Alum Waters is located at position 54.76753° latitude and -1.63665° longitude.

Latitude54.76753°
Longitude-1.63665°

What is the easting and northing of Alum Waters?

The centre of Alum Waters is located at the grid reference easting 423476 and northing 541460 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting423476
Northing541460

What are the nearest towns to Alum Waters?

Position of Alum Waters relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Alum Waters to the centre of the town.

north-east
5m
Alum Waters is 5 miles north-east of Willington
north
5m
Alum Waters is 5 miles north of Spennymoor
north-east
6m
Alum Waters is 6 miles north-east of Crook
north-west
6m
Alum Waters is 6 miles north-west of Ferryhill
south
7m
Alum Waters is 7 miles south of Chester-le-Street
east
7m
Alum Waters is 7 miles east of Tow Law
north
7m
Alum Waters is 7 miles north of Bishop Auckland
south
8m
Alum Waters is 8 miles south of Stanley
south-east
8m
Alum Waters is 8 miles south-east of Annfield Plain
south-west
8m
Alum Waters is 8 miles south-west of Hetton-le-Hole

What are the nearest cities to Alum Waters?

Position of Alum Waters relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Alum Waters to the centre of the city.

west
2m
Alum Waters is 2 miles west of Durham
south-west
14m
Alum Waters is 14 miles south-west of Sunderland
south
15m
Alum Waters is 15 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
44m
Alum Waters is 44 miles north of Ripon
east
52m
Alum Waters is 52 miles east of Carlisle
north
60m
Alum Waters is 60 miles north of York
north
67m
Alum Waters is 67 miles north of Leeds
north
68m
Alum Waters is 68 miles north of Bradford
north-east
68m
Alum Waters is 68 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
75m
Alum Waters is 75 miles north of Wakefield