Thinford
Encyclopedia
Thinford is a small hamlet in County Durham
, England
. It is situated to the east of Spennymoor
, between Darlington
and Durham
.
It consists of only a few houses, but contains a pub and restaurant serving a wider area, as well as a McDonalds Restaurant and BP service garages serving traffic on the A167. It lies at an intersection of the A167
and the A688
.
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated to the east of Spennymoor
Spennymoor
Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. The town was founded over 160 years ago...
, between Darlington
Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
and Durham
Durham
Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
.
It consists of only a few houses, but contains a pub and restaurant serving a wider area, as well as a McDonalds Restaurant and BP service garages serving traffic on the A167. It lies at an intersection of the A167
A167 road
The A167 is a road in North East England. Most of its route was formerly the A1 as most of it is the original route of the Great North Road until the A1 was re-routed with the opening of the A1 in the 1960s....
and the A688
A688 road
The A688 is a road in County Durham in North East England.It begins at the junction with the A67 road in Barnard Castle and continues in a north easterly direction for , terminating at the A181 to the east of Durham City....
.