Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Guide Post, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Guide Post 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.
| Place | Guide Post |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.160686 |
| Longitude | -1.600579 |
| Place Type | Village |
Guide Post hums with a quiet energy, a village shaped by the north-east's enduring spirit. It lies 3.2 km south-west of Ashington (from Ashington: bearing 219°T, OS grid NZ 255 852), and is situated north of Choppington village. The landscape around Guide Post often holds a soft, diffused light, particularly in the late afternoon, lending a gentle hue to the scattered farms and fields that stretch towards the horizon. The air here can carry the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant livestock, a constant reminder of the agricultural rhythms that underpin the region. Even the hum of traffic on nearby roads seems to soften, absorbed by the wide, open skies that frequently arch over Guide Post. There's a certain grace in the way the land unfolds, a subtle beauty that doesn't demand attention but rather invites quiet observation.
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Explore Guide Post, 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: 55.160686, -1.600579. 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 | June 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. |