Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East
Explore Folly, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Folly 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 | Folly |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Gateshead |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.955370 |
| Longitude | -1.771149 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Folly rests quietly in the Gateshead district, a place where the gentle sweep of the Tyne Valley begins to hint at broader landscapes. It lies 2.0 km south-south-west of Ryton (from Ryton: bearing 195°T, OS grid NZ 147 623), and is situated south-south-east of Ryton Woodside village. The air here carries a subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance that seems to cling to the low-lying houses. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-grey skies, has a peculiar, diffused quality, softening the edges of the familiar brickwork and casting long, attenuated shadows across the lanes. Though not marked by grand monuments, Folly possesses a certain understated beauty, found in the quiet persistence of its gardens and the patient way the hedgerows reclaim forgotten boundaries.
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Explore Folly, 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: 54.955370, -1.771149. 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. |