Forest-in-Teesdale

{{Short description|Village in County Durham, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name = Forest-in-Teesdale

|country = England

|region = North East England

| unitary_england= County Durham

| lieutenancy_england= County Durham

|constituency_westminster= Bishop Auckland

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|postcode_area = DL

|postcode_district = DL12

|dial_code = 01833

|os_grid_reference = NY867298

|coordinates = {{coord|54.664|-2.206|display=inline,title}}

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Forest-in-Teesdale is a village in County Durham, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland (Brough & Kirkby Stephen)|ISBN= 9780319231302 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=18 February 2016}} 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.{{cite web |title=Forest and Frith Civil Parish |url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/forest-and-frith-civil-parish/ |website=co-curate.ncl.ac.uk |publisher=Co-Curate |access-date=30 March 2023}}

Forest-in-Teesdale holds the UK record for the greatest snow depth in an inhabited area with {{convert|211|cm|in|abbr=on}} which occurred on 14 March 1947.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/4434770/Snow-Britain-Wrong-kind-of-snow-strikes-again.html|first=Philip|last=Eden|title=Snow Britain: Wrong kind of snow strikes again|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=2009-02-02|access-date=2020-06-01}}

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