Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Newcastle upon Tyne · Region: North East
Explore Cowgate, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cowgate 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 | Cowgate |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.995297 |
| Longitude | -1.659961 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cowgate presents a quiet dignity, a suburban expanse that exhales the everyday. It lies 3.7 km west-north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne (from Newcastle upon Tyne: bearing 301°T, OS grid NZ 218 667). The avenues here, often lined with mature trees whose leaves catch the pale Northumbrian light in shifting mosaics, speak of a settled life. Residential streets unfold with a pleasant regularity, their brickwork warmed by the afternoon sun, hinting at families who have put down roots and tended their gardens with quiet pride. The air, particularly in the morning, carries a faint, earthy scent from the surrounding fields, a reminder of the agricultural past that still whispers at the edges of Cowgate. Even the hum of distant traffic seems to possess a softer cadence, absorbed by the green spaces and modest architecture.
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Explore Cowgate, 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: 54.995297, -1.659961. 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. |