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Where is Tanfield?

Tanfield is located in the county of Durham, North East England, two miles north-west of the town of Stanley, six miles south-west of the major town of Gateshead, 94 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 243 miles north of London. Tanfield lies just south-west of the Tyne & Wear border. Tanfield falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH9 postcode district. The post town for Tanfield is Stanley.

Tanfield on a map

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

Which county is Tanfield in?

Tanfield 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 in Durham?

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

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

What is the postcode for Tanfield?

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

Where is Tanfield in DH9?

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

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

What is the post town for Tanfield?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Tanfield?

The centre of Tanfield is located at position 54.89363° latitude and -1.71044° longitude.

Latitude54.89363°
Longitude-1.71044°

What is the easting and northing of Tanfield?

The centre of Tanfield is located at the grid reference easting 418670 and northing 555471 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting418670
Northing555471

What are the nearest towns to Tanfield?

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

north-west
2m
Tanfield is 2 miles north-west of Stanley
north-east
3m
Tanfield is 3 miles north-east of Annfield Plain
south
4m
Tanfield is 4 miles south of Whickham
south
5m
Tanfield is 5 miles south of Blaydon
north-east
6m
Tanfield is 6 miles north-east of Consett
south
6m
Tanfield is 6 miles south of Ryton
north-west
6m
Tanfield is 6 miles north-west of Chester-le-Street
south-west
6m
Tanfield is 6 miles south-west of Gateshead
west
7m
Tanfield is 7 miles west of Washington
south-east
7m
Tanfield is 7 miles south-east of Prudhoe

What are the nearest cities to Tanfield?

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

south-west
7m
Tanfield is 7 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
9m
Tanfield is 9 miles north-west of Durham
west
13m
Tanfield is 13 miles west of Sunderland
east
49m
Tanfield is 49 miles east of Carlisle
north
53m
Tanfield is 53 miles north of Ripon
north
69m
Tanfield is 69 miles north of York
north-east
73m
Tanfield is 73 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
76m
Tanfield is 76 miles north of Leeds
north
76m
Tanfield is 76 miles north of Bradford
north
84m
Tanfield is 84 miles north of Wakefield