Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East
Explore Beacon Lough, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Beacon Lough 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 | Beacon Lough |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Gateshead |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.932947 |
| Longitude | -1.581051 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Beacon Lough, a quiet corner of Tyne and Wear, unfolds with a gentle character. It lies 3.4 km south-south-east of Gateshead (from Gateshead: bearing 153°T, OS grid NZ 269 598), and is situated north-west of Springwell village. The landscape here, a soft embrace of green fields, often carries the pearlescent sheen of damp English air, a light that seems to settle most kindly upon the modest dwellings. A sense of enduring quietude pervades Beacon Lough, a place where the hurried pace of larger conurbations feels a distant murmur. Its origins are rooted in the agricultural past, a time when the land itself dictated the rhythm of life, a sentiment that still subtly colours the air on a still afternoon. The modest footprint of Beacon Lough speaks not of grand pronouncements, but of a quiet continuity, a place to simply be.
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Explore Beacon Lough, Tyne and Wear, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.932947, -1.581051. 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. |