Whitton, County Durham
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Whitton is a village within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees
and the ceremonial county of County Durham
, England
. It is situated to the north west of Stockton-on-Tees
, near Stillington
and Thorpe Thewles
.
, a 3.2 hectares (7.9 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest
notable for its species-rich grassland
.
Stockton-on-Tees (borough)
Stockton-on-Tees is a unitary authority area and borough in the Tees Valley area of north east England, with a population in 2001 of 178,408, rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates....
and the ceremonial county of County Durham
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 north west of Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
, near Stillington
Stillington, County Durham
Stillington is a village within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the north west of Stockton-on-Tees....
and Thorpe Thewles
Thorpe Thewles
Thorpe Thewles is a village that lies near the A177 road between Stockton-on-Tees and Sedgefield in the Tees Valley. The village is currently made up of 182 households and a total population of 477 people, of which: -*96 people are children aged 0–15...
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Landmarks
Approximately 500 metres (1,640.4 ft) to the south of the village is Whitton Bridge PastureWhitton Bridge Pasture
Whitton Bridge Pasture is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the unitary authority of Stockton-on-Tees, England. At 3.18 hectares it lies to the south of Whitton village and north west of Stockton-on-Tees. SSSIs are chosen by Natural England, and Whitton Bridge Pasture was designated...
, a 3.2 hectares (7.9 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
notable for its species-rich grassland
Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
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