Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Newcastle upon Tyne · Region: North East
Explore Elswick, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Elswick 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 | Elswick |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.965797 |
| Longitude | -1.647871 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Elswick, a quiet suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, carries the subtle echoes of its industrial past. It lies 2.8 km west-south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne (from Newcastle upon Tyne: bearing 241°T, OS grid NZ 226 635). Once a significant centre for shipbuilding on the River Tyne, remnants of this heritage can still be felt in the air, a faint tang of iron and brine perhaps, mingling with the scent of damp earth after a spring shower. The low brick terraces, softened by time and climbing roses, speak of the generations who worked the yards, their lives interwoven with the ebb and flow of the tides. Today, Elswick is a place of settled routines, where the evening light often catches the rooftops with a particular, gentle glow.
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Explore Elswick, 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: 54.965797, -1.647871. 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. |