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Coalburns Tyne and Wear Map

Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East

Explore Coalburns, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Coalburns 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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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Coalburns, 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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PlaceCoalburns
Traditional CountyTyne and Wear
District / BoroughGateshead
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.943194
Longitude-1.801845
Place TypeHamlet

About Coalburns

Coalburns commands a modest elevation in the Gateshead district, where the heavy, iron-rich earth still remembers the subterranean industry that once defined its working life. It lies 2.4 miles east-south-east of Prudhoe (from Prudhoe: bearing 121°T, OS grid NZ 127 609), and is situated south-west of Greenside village. The landscape around Coalburns is defined by a series of rolling ridges, where the horizon is dominated by the quiet rise of Penny Hill to the west-south-west. Grey light often pools in the hollows here, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields toward the distant, muted silhouette of Bail Hill. The local topography retains a rugged, unpolished character, shaped by the legacy of coal extraction that has left the land scarred yet strangely resilient. Residents look out over a terrain that feels exposed to the North East winds, yet there is a distinct, sharp clarity to the air that keeps the senses alert. Coalburns remains a place of quiet transition, standing as a firm, grounded presence between the memories of deep-pit mines and the encroaching silence of the surrounding moorland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Penny Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 238° WSW
  • Bail Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 161° SSE
  • Ditched Enclosure S Of North View, Coalburns (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 291° WNW
  • High Spen Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 131° SE
  • Clinty Burn (River) — 1.0 mi, 265° W
  • Stanleyburn Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.3 mi, 309° NW
  • Bradley Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.3 mi, 349° N · 44 ha
  • Barlow Burn (River) — 1.5 mi, 086° E
  • Garden House Recreation Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 019° NNE
  • Chopwell Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 166° SSE
  • Whinfield Coking Ovens, 850M South East Of Low Spen Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 139° SE
  • Strother Hills Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.5 mi, 141° SE · 9 ha
  • Carrsclose Dene (Valley) — 2.5 mi, 309° NW
  • George Stephenson's Birthplace (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 357° N
  • Close House Riverside Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 002° N · 4 ha
  • Prudhoe Castle Tower Keep Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.7 mi, 305° NW · 4 ha
  • Prudhoe Castle (Castle) — 2.7 mi, 304° NW
  • Mill Stream (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 148° SSE
  • Ryton village cross (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 033° NNE
  • Battle Of Newburn Ford 1640 (Registered Battlefield) — 2.9 mi, 051° NE · 343 ha
  • Tidal limit marker stone 1783 (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 018° NNE
  • Edward Pit entrance (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 065° ENE
  • Old ferry landing (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 028° NNE
  • Far Pasture Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 112° ESE
  • Path Head Watermill (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 062° ENE
  • Newburn Sands (Wetland) — 3.3 mi, 034° NE
  • Liberty Dragonfly (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 111° ESE
  • Gibside (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 115° ESE
  • Hamsterley Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 3.4 mi, 165° SSE
  • Cherryburn - Thomas Bewick Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 288° WNW

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About This Coalburns Map Page

Explore Coalburns, 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: 54.943194, -1.801845. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.