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Where is Thornley?

Thornley is located in the county of Durham, North East England, four miles west of the town of Peterlee, ten miles north-west of the major town of Hartlepool, 108 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 230 miles north of London. Thornley lies three miles south of the Tyne & Wear border. Thornley falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH6 postcode district. The post town for Thornley is Durham.

Thornley on a map

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

Which county is Thornley in?

Thornley 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 Thornley in Durham?

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

Map showing location of Thornley within Durham
Location of Thornley within Durham

What is the postcode for Thornley?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Thornley is DH6 3EW.

Where is Thornley in DH6?

Thornley is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DH6 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DH6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Thornley within DH6
Location of Thornley within DH6

What is the post town for Thornley?

The post town for Thornley is Durham. Thornley is in the DH6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Durham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Thornley?

The centre of Thornley is located at position 54.74957° latitude and -1.43683° longitude.

Latitude54.74957°
Longitude-1.43683°

What is the easting and northing of Thornley?

The centre of Thornley is located at the grid reference easting 436348 and northing 539547 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting436348
Northing539547

What are the nearest towns to Thornley?

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

west
4m
Thornley is 4 miles west of Peterlee
south
5m
Thornley is 5 miles south of Hetton-le-Hole
north-east
6m
Thornley is 6 miles north-east of Ferryhill
south
7m
Thornley is 7 miles south of Houghton-le-Spring
north
7m
Thornley is 7 miles north of Sedgefield
south-west
7m
Thornley is 7 miles south-west of Seaham
north-east
8m
Thornley is 8 miles north-east of Spennymoor
south-east
9m
Thornley is 9 miles south-east of Chester-le-Street
north-west
10m
Thornley is 10 miles north-west of Hartlepool
north-east
11m
Thornley is 11 miles north-east of Newton Aycliffe

What are the nearest cities to Thornley?

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

east
6m
Thornley is 6 miles east of Durham
south
11m
Thornley is 11 miles south of Sunderland
south-east
17m
Thornley is 17 miles south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
43m
Thornley is 43 miles north of Ripon
north
56m
Thornley is 56 miles north of York
east
61m
Thornley is 61 miles east of Carlisle
north
66m
Thornley is 66 miles north of Leeds
north
68m
Thornley is 68 miles north of Bradford
north-east
73m
Thornley is 73 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
74m
Thornley is 74 miles north of Wakefield