Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Bolam West Houses, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bolam West Houses map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Bolam West Houses |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.135780 |
| Longitude | -1.891115 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bolam West Houses emerges from the Northumberland landscape as a collection of stone dwellings gathered amidst the quiet, rolling intensity of the northern fields. It lies 8.2 miles west-south-west of Morpeth (from Morpeth: bearing 255°T, OS grid NZ 070 823), and is situated north-west of Belsay village. The horizon here is defined by the sharp, weathered gritstone of Shaftoe Crags, which catch the pale, slanted light of late afternoon to cast long shadows across the pasture. Near the homes, the earth holds ancient secrets, most notably at the Huckhoe Palisaded Enclosure, where the faint, raised contours of a Romano-British settlement suggest a life lived close to the wind and the soil centuries ago. The surrounding terrain remains largely agricultural, dominated by the rhythmic cycle of seasonal ploughing and the endurance of drystone walls that trace the boundaries of the land. A short distance to the east, the stillness of Bolam Lake provides a reflective mirror for the sky, holding the silence of the woods that fringe its banks. Bolam West Houses exists in a state of deliberate calm, removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares and defined instead by the vast, open character of its sky. The air here carries a clean, sharp clarity, untainted by the heavy hum of industry, allowing the subtle shifts in weather to dictate the pace of the day.
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Explore Bolam West Houses, Northumberland, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 55.135780, -1.891115. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |