Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Widdrington, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Widdrington 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 | Widdrington |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.257265 |
| Longitude | -1.600272 |
| Place Type | Village |
Widdrington rests amidst the Northumberland landscape, a place where the wind, carrying whispers of the coast, sweeps across the fields. It lies 8.5 km north-north-west of Ashington (from Ashington: bearing 347°T, OS grid NZ 255 959), and is situated north-east of Stobswood village. The sky above Widdrington often holds a particular luminescence, a soft, diffused light that lends a gentle hue to the surrounding farmland and the sturdy stone of its dwellings. Historically, Widdrington has been shaped by the earth beneath it, its fortunes once tied to the bounty of the land and the industry that drew sustenance from its depths. Though the echoes of past endeavours may linger, the village maintains a quiet dignity, its present a gentle unfolding from its past. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries a clean, bracing quality, a promise of the day unfolding with a quiet, unhurried grace.
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Explore Widdrington, 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: 55.257265, -1.600272. 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. |