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Where is Old Eldon?

Old Eldon is located in the county of Durham, North East England, one mile north-east of the town of Shildon, nine miles north of the major town of Darlington, 110 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 225 miles north of London. Old Eldon falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DL4 postcode district. The post town for Old Eldon is Shildon.

Old Eldon on a map

Map showing extent of Old Eldon as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Old Eldon
Map showing location of Old Eldon within the UK
Location of Old Eldon within the UK

Which county is Old Eldon in?

Old Eldon 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 Old Eldon in Durham?

Old Eldon is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Durham, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Durham.

Map showing location of Old Eldon within Durham
Location of Old Eldon within Durham

What is the postcode for Old Eldon?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Old Eldon is DL4 2QU.

Where is Old Eldon in DL4?

Old Eldon is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DL4 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DL4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Old Eldon within DL4
Location of Old Eldon within DL4

What is the post town for Old Eldon?

The post town for Old Eldon is Shildon. Old Eldon is in the DL4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Shildon.

What is the latitude and longitude of Old Eldon?

The centre of Old Eldon is located at position 54.64111° latitude and -1.61908° longitude.

Latitude54.64111°
Longitude-1.61908°

What is the easting and northing of Old Eldon?

The centre of Old Eldon is located at the grid reference easting 424682 and northing 527399 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting424682
Northing527399

What are the nearest towns to Old Eldon?

Position of Old Eldon relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Old Eldon to the centre of the town.

north-east
1m
Old Eldon is 1 mile north-east of Shildon
north-west
2m
Old Eldon is 2 miles north-west of Newton Aycliffe
south-east
3m
Old Eldon is 3 miles south-east of Bishop Auckland
south
4m
Old Eldon is 4 miles south of Spennymoor
south-west
4m
Old Eldon is 4 miles south-west of Ferryhill
south-east
6m
Old Eldon is 6 miles south-east of Willington
west
7m
Old Eldon is 7 miles west of Sedgefield
south-east
7m
Old Eldon is 7 miles south-east of Crook
north
9m
Old Eldon is 9 miles north of Darlington
south-east
11m
Old Eldon is 11 miles south-east of Tow Law

What are the nearest cities to Old Eldon?

Position of Old Eldon relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Old Eldon to the centre of the city.

south
10m
Old Eldon is 10 miles south of Durham
south-west
20m
Old Eldon is 20 miles south-west of Sunderland
south
23m
Old Eldon is 23 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
35m
Old Eldon is 35 miles north of Ripon
north-west
52m
Old Eldon is 52 miles north-west of York
east
55m
Old Eldon is 55 miles east of Carlisle
north
58m
Old Eldon is 58 miles north of Leeds
north
59m
Old Eldon is 59 miles north of Bradford
north-east
63m
Old Eldon is 63 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
66m
Old Eldon is 66 miles north of Wakefield