Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Burnstones, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burnstones 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 | Burnstones |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.882726 |
| Longitude | -2.507088 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Burnstones emerges from the rugged expanse of the North Pennines as a sparse collection of stone dwellings defined by the relentless, cleansing winds of the high country. It lies 5.5 miles north-north-west of Alston (from Alston: bearing 332°T, OS grid NY 675 543), and is situated north of Slaggyford village. The light here possesses a crystalline quality that renders the distant outline of Proudy Hill sharp enough to pierce the pale, shifting clouds. Below the rugged slopes, the clear waters of Thinhope Burn carve a path through the earth, singing a cold, rhythmic song as they hurry toward the South Tyne. Burnstones sits amidst an austere landscape where the damp, peaty breath of The Bog Sssi clings to the lower ground, softening the edges of the jagged moorland rock. Life in these parts has long been measured by the slow, seasonal shifts of sheep farming rather than the frantic pace of the lowlands. The architecture of Burnstones reflects a stoic endurance, with heavy masonry built to withstand the winters that arrive early and linger long after the first buds appear. Every gatepost and drystone wall seems to hold the quiet, unspoken history of those who first cleared the heather to make a home in this high, silent solitude.
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Explore Burnstones, 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: 54.882726, -2.507088. 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. |