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Where is Tan Hills?

Tan Hills is located in the county of Durham, North East England, three miles south of the town of Chester-le-Street, ten miles south of the major town of Gateshead, 100 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 237 miles north of London. Tan Hills lies four miles south of the Tyne & Wear border. Tan Hills falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH2 postcode district. The post town for Tan Hills is Chester le Street.

Tan Hills on a map

Map showing extent of Tan Hills as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Tan Hills
Map showing location of Tan Hills within the UK
Location of Tan Hills within the UK

Which county is Tan Hills in?

Tan Hills 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 Tan Hills in Durham?

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

Map showing location of Tan Hills within Durham
Location of Tan Hills within Durham

What is the postcode for Tan Hills?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Tan Hills is DH2 3PA.

Where is Tan Hills in DH2?

Tan Hills is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DH2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DH2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Tan Hills within DH2
Location of Tan Hills within DH2

What is the post town for Tan Hills?

The post town for Tan Hills is Chester le Street. Tan Hills is in the DH2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chester le Street.

What is the latitude and longitude of Tan Hills?

The centre of Tan Hills is located at position 54.82239° latitude and -1.59787° longitude.

Latitude54.82239°
Longitude-1.59787°

What is the easting and northing of Tan Hills?

The centre of Tan Hills is located at the grid reference easting 425936 and northing 547579 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting425936
Northing547579

What are the nearest towns to Tan Hills?

Position of Tan Hills relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Tan Hills to the centre of the town.

south
3m
Tan Hills is 3 miles south of Chester-le-Street
south-east
5m
Tan Hills is 5 miles south-east of Stanley
west
5m
Tan Hills is 5 miles west of Houghton-le-Spring
west
6m
Tan Hills is 6 miles west of Hetton-le-Hole
south-west
6m
Tan Hills is 6 miles south-west of Washington
south-east
7m
Tan Hills is 7 miles south-east of Annfield Plain
north-east
9m
Tan Hills is 9 miles north-east of Willington
north
9m
Tan Hills is 9 miles north of Spennymoor
south
9m
Tan Hills is 9 miles south of Whickham
north
9m
Tan Hills is 9 miles north of Ferryhill

What are the nearest cities to Tan Hills?

Position of Tan Hills relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Tan Hills to the centre of the city.

north
3m
Tan Hills is 3 miles north of Durham
south-west
10m
Tan Hills is 10 miles south-west of Sunderland
south
11m
Tan Hills is 11 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
48m
Tan Hills is 48 miles north of Ripon
east
53m
Tan Hills is 53 miles east of Carlisle
north
63m
Tan Hills is 63 miles north of York
north
71m
Tan Hills is 71 miles north of Leeds
north
72m
Tan Hills is 72 miles north of Bradford
north-east
72m
Tan Hills is 72 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
79m
Tan Hills is 79 miles north of Wakefield