Forest-in-Teesdale

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Forest-in-Teesdale
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Forest-in-Teesdale
Location within County Durham
OS grid reference NY867298
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BARNARD CASTLE [1] [2] [3] [4]
Postcode district DL12
Dialling code 01833
Police Durham
Fire County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance North East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°39′50″N2°12′22″W / 54.664°N 2.206°W / 54.664; -2.206

Forest-in-Teesdale is a village in County Durham, England. [5] [6] It is situated in upper Teesdale, on the north side of the Tees between Newbiggin and Langdon Beck, and is in the civil parish of Forest and Frith. [7]

Forest-in-Teesdale holds the UK record for the greatest snow depth in an inhabited area with 211 cm (83 in) which occurred on 14 March 1947. [8]

References

  1. "Forest-in-Teesdale - Postcode Information". www.postcodes-uk.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. StreetCheck. "All Postcodes in the DL12 Postcode District". StreetCheck. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. "Company - Companies House, UK". opencorpdata.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "Forest of Teesdale Primary School". Forest of Teesdale Primary School. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland (Brough & Kirkby Stephen) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN   9780319231302.
  6. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. "Forest and Frith Civil Parish". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Co-Curate. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. Eden, Philip (2 February 2009). "Snow Britain: Wrong kind of snow strikes again". The Daily Telegraph . London. Retrieved 1 June 2020.

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