Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Grangetown, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Grangetown 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 Grangetown, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Tyne and Wear or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Grangetown and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Grangetown |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.884574 |
| Longitude | -1.370775 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Grangetown stretches across the urban plateau of Sunderland, its sturdy Victorian terraced streets reflecting the earnest, industrial ambition of the nineteenth century. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-east of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 157°T, OS grid NZ 404 546). The local architecture maintains a rhythmic persistence, where rows of brickwork catch the low, pale sunlight of the North East, casting long shadows that soften the edges of the pavement. To the west, the Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting SSSI rise with a sudden, rugged geological honesty, their limestone slopes offering a wilder contrast to the orderly grid of the suburban roads. Residents often traverse the short distance to the greenery of Backhouse Park, finding a quiet sanctuary beneath the mature canopy of trees that have witnessed the slow transformation of the landscape. Grangetown retains a distinct, unpretentious character, rooted in the steady movement of commuters and the hum of everyday life. The proximity to these elevated natural outcrops lends the geography a sense of verticality, as if the land itself is reaching toward the open expanse of the North Sea. Through the changing seasons, the air carries a faint, salt-tinged chill, a reminder of the coastal proximity that defines the broader horizon of the region.
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Explore Grangetown, 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: 54.884574, -1.370775. 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. |