(Other Settlement near Rochester)
Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Horsley, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horsley 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 | Horsley |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.266178 |
| Longitude | -2.242503 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Horsley rests in a landscape that has long cradled human endeavour. It lies 21.6 km west-south-west of Rothbury (from Rothbury: bearing 257°T, OS grid NY 846 969), and is situated south-east of Rochester village. The gentle fall of the land here, a soft yielding towards unseen waters, hints at the agricultural rhythms that have shaped its character for centuries. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-brooding Northumberland sky, catches the stone of older farmsteads with a particular, almost burnished, warmth. The air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant livestock, feels clean and bracing, a constant reminder of the open country that surrounds Horsley. A quiet sense of continuity pervades the place, a feeling that life unfolds here with a settled, unhurried pace.
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Explore Horsley, 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: 55.266178, -2.242503. 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. |