Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Cocklaw, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cocklaw 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 | Cocklaw |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.035236 |
| Longitude | -2.096224 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cocklaw endures as a quiet sentinel of stone and pasture, defined by the stark, vertical ambition of its ruined tower. It lies 4.4 miles north of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 2°T, OS grid NY 939 711), and is situated east of Humshaugh village. Cocklaw Tower remains the primary anchor of the horizon, a jagged fragment of masonry that catches the low, thin light of late afternoon like a broken tooth. Nearby, the Swallow Burn carves a modest, insistent path through the earth, its water running clear over stones smoothed by centuries of steady flow. The surrounding fields rise toward White Hill, where the land swells into a broad, grassy shoulder that seems to command the sky. These acres possess a muted, northern gravity, indifferent to the passage of seasons or the slow shift of human industry. Frost often lingers in the hollows here, clinging to the hedgerows long after the sun has touched the higher ridges. The air tastes of damp soil and ancient, unhurried stone, carrying the cold clarity of the uplands.
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Explore Cocklaw, 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: 55.035236, -2.096224. 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. |