Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Great Swinburne, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Swinburne 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Swinburne, Northumberland, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Great Swinburne |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.074709 |
| Longitude | -2.100203 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Swinburne commands a quiet prominence over the rolling Northumberland pastures, where the light seems to hold a particular clarity against the heavy northern sky. It lies 7.1 miles north of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 0°T, OS grid NY 937 755), and is situated north-east of Barrasford village. The land here carries the faint, stubborn memory of ancient inhabitants, evidenced by the univallate hillfort in Oxhill Plantation that watches over the eastern horizon from its quiet, grassy ramparts. Below these heights, the water of Shank Sike carves a thin, reflective line through the fields, moving with a cold and steady purpose toward the Tyne. Great Swinburne itself is defined by the austere, enduring stone of its architecture, which appears to have emerged directly from the underlying geology of the district. The wind often travels unimpeded across these open ridges, brushing against the stone walls with a dry, rhythmic hiss that dominates the silence of the afternoon. There is a singular, unadorned honesty in the way the horizon expands in every direction, offering little shelter but immense space to those who walk its perimeter. Visitors might notice how the shadows stretch long and thin across the grass long before evening truly arrives, casting the landscape into sharp, monochromatic relief.
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Explore Great Swinburne, 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: 55.074709, -2.100203. 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. |