Newton on the Moor Northumberland Map

About Newton on the Moor

The ancient stones of St. Aidan’s Church stand as a quiet sentinel in Newton on the Moor. It lies 8.0 km south of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 191°T, OS grid NU 172 052), and is situated north of Swarland village. Here, the land opens up, a canvas of rolling fields meeting the vast, often dramatic sweep of the Northumberland sky, where the light can shift from a tender pearlescent grey to a bold, sun-drenched gold within the span of an afternoon. The air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant heather, a perfume of the moorland that enfolds Newton on the Moor. It is a place where the quiet hum of agricultural life is a constant, a gentle counterpoint to the calls of curlews that sometimes drift on the breeze.

About This Newton on the Moor Map Page

Explore Newton on the Moor, 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: 55.340811, -1.730181. 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.