Ebchester

thumb|right|Derwentcote Steel Furnace thumb|The River Derwent near Ebchester. thumb|''St. Ebba's Pond near the village of Ebchester. Ebchester is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north of Consett and Shotley Bridge. It also sits to the south east of Whittonstall and the hamlet of Newlands. Running north east to south west along the A694, Ebchester consists of Low Westwood, Ebchester itself and East Law.

The village proper sits at the intersection of the A694, which runs from Consett to Swalwell, and the B6309, which connects the A696 north of Belsay and runs through Whittonstall and Newlands, across the River Derwent (forming a border between County Durham and Northumberland), up Chare Bank then through Ebchester itself then past Medomsley into the A691 immediately south of the village of Leadgate.