Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East
Explore Birtley, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birtley 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Birtley |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Gateshead |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.896397 |
| Longitude | -1.577688 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Birtley occupies a position of historical industry, defined by the steady transition from the coal seams that once fueled its economy to the modern residential character it holds today. It lies 1.7 miles west of Washington (from Washington: bearing 264°T, OS grid NZ 271 558), and is situated north-east of Ouston village. The local terrain retains the echoes of this extractive past, where the land drops away toward the quiet, meandering waters of the Rowletch Burn. Residents often find a moment of stillness at Coronation Recreation Ground, where the expansive sky seems to press down with a distinctive, northern clarity. The gentle topography of Birtley allows for long views across the urban horizon, where the light shifts across the rooftops with a pale, metallic sheen during the winter months. Further north, the landscape gains a soft complexity near Longacre Dene, offering a verdant contrast to the structured rows of houses. Birtley maintains a resilient identity, anchored by a geography that balances the remnants of heavy industry with the slow, persistent reclamation of nature.
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Explore Birtley, 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: 54.896397, -1.577688. 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. |