Forest-in-Teesdale
Forest-in-Teesdale is located in County Durham
Forest-in-Teesdale
Forest-in-Teesdale
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNY867298
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNARD CASTLE[1][2][3][4]
Postcode districtDL12
Dialling code01833
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

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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