Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Settlingstones, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Settlingstones 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.
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| Place | Settlingstones |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.008187 |
| Longitude | -2.244492 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Settlingstones occupies a quiet fold of the Northumberland landscape, defined by the lingering memory of lead and witherite mining. It lies 6.2 miles west-north-west of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 294°T, OS grid NY 844 682), and is situated west of Newbrough village. The earth here retains a particular heaviness, marked by the industrial scars of the Settlingstones Mine SSSI, where the ground still holds the quiet gravity of its subterranean past. To the north, the waters of Cowey Sike trace a cold, clear line through the fields, carving their way toward the Tyne with an indifference to the passage of human time. Low clouds often press against the horizon, turning the grey stone of the local walls into something luminous and sharp under the damp northern light. The remains of the Settlingstones Mine SSSI provide a stark, geological record of an economy that once animated these hills with the rhythmic clatter of machinery. Now, only the wind moves across the high, exposed pastures, carrying the scent of wet peat and the insistent, lonely call of curlews. Settlingstones remains a place where the scale of the sky dwarfs the works of men, leaving the landscape to reclaim its own austere silence.
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Explore Settlingstones, 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: 55.008187, -2.244492. 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. |