Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East
Explore East Holywell, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the East Holywell 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 East Holywell, 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 | East Holywell |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | North Tyneside |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.050346 |
| Longitude | -1.514041 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
East Holywell occupies a quiet plateau of North Tyneside, where the horizon broadens under a sky that often holds the grey, salt-tinged light of the nearby coast. It lies 2.6 miles west of Whitley Bay (from Whitley Bay: bearing 279°T, OS grid NZ 311 729), and is situated west-north-west of Earsdon village. The land here retains the memory of deep-seam coal extraction, a legacy that once defined the rhythm of local life before the pit-heads vanished into the quietude of modern reclamation. To the north-northeast, the verdant stillness of Holywell Dene provides a sharp, wooded contrast to the open fields, its valley floor nurturing a damp, mossy coolness that lingers long after the sun has climbed. East Holywell remains defined by this transition between the remnants of industrial earthworks and the encroaching green of the surrounding countryside. Only a short distance away, the Brierdene Burn carves a modest, insistent path toward the sea, its waters reflecting the shifting moods of the North East weather. East Holywell sits amidst this landscape as a place of steady transition, where the wind carries the faint, persistent promise of the North Sea across the furrowed ground.
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Explore East Holywell, 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: 55.050346, -1.514041. 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. |