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Harwood Northumberland Map

Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East

Explore Harwood, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Harwood 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.

Interactive Map of Harwood, Northumberland

How to Use This Harwood, Northumberland Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Harwood, 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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PlaceHarwood
Traditional CountyNorthumberland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude55.208147
Longitude-2.000002
Place TypeHamlet

About Harwood

Harwood commands a rugged expanse of high Northumberland moorland where the wind carries a sharp, elemental clarity. It lies 7.9 miles south-south-west of Rothbury (from Rothbury: bearing 207°T, OS grid NZ 000 904), and is situated north-north-west of Cambo village. The horizon here is dominated by the broad, heather-clad shoulders of Green Hill, which rises steadily to catch the low, amber light of the setting sun. Harwood remains a place defined by the thin, clear ribbons of water that carve through the peat, most notably the Harwood Burn that flows quietly just to the south-east. Ancient remnants of human occupation endure in the landscape, with the nearby Birky Burn Settlement offering a silent, stony record of those who inhabited these exposed ridges centuries ago. The terrain demands a resilient spirit, as the open sky provides little shelter from the weather systems rolling in from the coast. Solitude is the prevailing atmosphere, felt in the stillness of the tussocky grass and the distant, rhythmic cry of curlews. Few modern intrusions break the ancient line of the hills, allowing Harwood to exist as a fragment of wild, untamed North East England.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Harwood Burn (River) — 0.2 mi, 130° SE
  • Green Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 168° SSE
  • Birky Burn Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 236° SW
  • Romano-British Farmstead, 1.3Km North East Of Harwood Head (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 288° WNW
  • Fairnley Burn (River) — 1.2 mi, 181° S
  • Manside Defended Settlement And Medieval Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 317° NW · 1 ha
  • White Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 298° WNW
  • Harry's Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.9 mi, 306° NW
  • Harwood Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 2.0 mi, 341° NNW
  • Greenleighton Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 065° ENE · 13 ha
  • Smiddy Linn (Waterfall) — 2.5 mi, 304° WNW
  • Steng Cross Gibbet (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 274° W
  • Mill And Whiskershiel Burns Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 298° WNW · 24 ha
  • Rothley Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 092° E
  • Leehouse Linn (Waterfall) — 2.7 mi, 306° NW
  • Fallowlees Lough (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 016° NNE
  • Colster Cleugh (Valley) — 2.9 mi, 317° NW
  • Fontburn Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 056° ENE
  • Pele (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 054° NE
  • Snowdrop (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 153° SSE
  • Wallington (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.2 mi, 156° SSE · 167 ha
  • Wallington Hall (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 156° SSE
  • Kirkharle Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.8 mi, 170° S · 112 ha
  • Hepple - R. Ponticum woods (Viewpoint) — 5.5 mi, 342° NNW
  • Criss-Cross Rock (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 014° NNE
  • Little Church Rock (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 015° NNE
  • Cowet Wells (Wetland) — 6.2 mi, 019° NNE
  • Tosson Lime Kiln (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 014° NNE
  • Bolam Lake Country Park (Park) — 7.2 mi, 137° SE
  • Battle Of Otterburn 1388 (Registered Battlefield) — 7.8 mi, 286° WNW · 227 ha

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About This Harwood Map Page

Explore Harwood, 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: 55.208147, -2.000002. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.