Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Grasswell, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Grasswell 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 | Grasswell |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.851273 |
| Longitude | -1.477514 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Grasswell, a quiet corner of Sunderland, breathes a gentle air of settled habitation. It lies 0.9 km north-north-west of Houghton-le-Spring (from Houghton-le-Spring: bearing 335°T, OS grid NZ 336 508), and is situated south-south-west of Newbottle village. The land here, a softly rolling canvas, often catches the pale, diffused light of the North East sky, lending a muted beauty to the brick-built dwellings and the scattered pockets of greenery. Evidence of its agricultural past still lingers in the broad fields that encircle Grasswell, their furrows a quiet testament to generations of cultivation. Though no grand monuments mark its presence, the everyday rhythm of life in Grasswell carries its own unassuming charm, a steady beat in the broader landscape of Tyne and Wear.
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Explore Grasswell, 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: 54.851273, -1.477514. 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. |