Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Hastings Hill, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hastings Hill 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 Hastings Hill, 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.
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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 Hastings Hill and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Hastings Hill |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.888485 |
| Longitude | -1.450890 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hastings Hill commands a quiet elevation above the urban expanse, where the horizon broadens to meet the pale, northern sky. It lies 2.8 miles west-south-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 251°T, OS grid NZ 353 549), and is situated north-north-east of West Herrington village. The earth here retains a heavy, ancient memory, most notably where the limestone ridge of Hastings Hill rises to offer a vantage point over the surrounding collieries and modern thoroughfares. Beneath the grass, the Round Barrow on Hasting Hill remains a silent sentinel, a circular earthwork that anchors the landscape in a deep, pre-industrial stillness. The light in the afternoon often catches the slope of this high ground, turning the limestone outcrops into pale, weathered ribs against the cooling air. Further south, the Hastings Hill SSSI preserves a fragment of magnesian limestone grassland, where rare flora persists despite the encroaching reach of the city. Modern life flows around these elevated contours, yet the geography maintains a stubborn independence from the bustle below. Residents of Hastings Hill live with the constant, subtle reminder of a terrain that was marked by human activity long before the first brick of the suburban street was laid.
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Explore Hastings Hill, 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: 54.888485, -1.450890. 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. |