Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Hirst, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hirst 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 Hirst, 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 | Hirst |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.177185 |
| Longitude | -1.559166 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hirst reveals its character through the enduring, utilitarian brickwork of its terraces, reflecting a landscape forged by the deep-reaching seams of Northumberland coal. It lies 0.6 miles south-east of Ashington (from Ashington: bearing 136°T, OS grid NZ 281 870). The morning light catches the slate roofs of Hirst with a pale, northern clarity, illuminating streets that once echoed with the rhythmic shift-change of thousands of miners. A short walk to the east, Hirst Park provides a green lung for the neighbourhood, where mature trees soften the hard edges of the industrial legacy. The horizon to the north-east holds the imposing silhouette of the Woodhorn Colliery, a scheduled monument that serves as a silent, iron-boned guardian of local memory. Hirst remains defined by this proximity to its heavy industrial past, where the vast, open skies of the coast seem to press down upon the low-slung architecture. Residents move through these spaces with a quiet purpose, their lives still tethered to the rhythm of a place that once powered the nation's hearths. Even today, the cooling air from the North Sea carries a salt-sharp reminder of how close the coast remains to these solid, soot-dusted foundations.
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Explore Hirst, 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: 55.177185, -1.559166. 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. |