Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East
Explore Follingsby, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Follingsby 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 | Follingsby |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Gateshead |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.938943 |
| Longitude | -1.518663 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Follingsby rests in a quiet corner of Tyne and Wear, a place where the land holds its breath. It lies 3.7 km south of Hebburn (from Hebburn: bearing 181°T, OS grid NZ 309 605), and is situated north-east of Springwell village. The fields around Follingsby, often bathed in a soft, diffused light that seems to hold the grey skies of the North East in gentle suspension, speak of a long agricultural past, a rhythm of seasons etched into the very soil. Though no grand monuments mark its presence, the subtle undulations of the terrain hint at the slow geological forces that shaped this landscape, a quiet testament to time's patient hand. The air here carries a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the soil's enduring fertility, even as the distant hum of modern life can be faintly perceived.
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Explore Follingsby, 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: 54.938943, -1.518663. 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. |