Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore High Moorsley, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Moorsley 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 | High Moorsley |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.807036 |
| Longitude | -1.476420 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
High Moorsley breathes the quiet air of the North East, a place where the land gently rolls towards distant horizons. It lies 2.2 km south-west of Hetton-le-Hole (from Hetton-le-Hole: bearing 225°T, OS grid NZ 337 459), and is situated north-east of Low Pittington village. The sky above High Moorsley can often hold a luminous quality, especially in the late afternoon, painting the scattered houses in hues of soft gold. Its past is tied to the earth, to the coal seams that once thrummed beneath its surface, a legacy whispered in the stoic architecture of its older dwellings. Now, life in High Moorsley moves with the steady cadence of a community at ease, the green spaces between homes offering a breath of open air. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of cultivation and wilder growth, speak of a continuity of husbandry, a slow turning of the seasons.
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Explore High Moorsley, 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: 54.807036, -1.476420. 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. |