Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore High Southwick, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Southwick 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 High Southwick, 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 High Southwick and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | High Southwick |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.925144 |
| Longitude | -1.396481 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
High Southwick reveals itself as a distinctive rise of land overlooking the shifting industrial horizon of the River Wear. It lies 1.7 miles north-north-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 342°T, OS grid NZ 387 591), and is situated south-west of South Bents village. The terrain here holds a particular gravity, where the limestone foundations of the earth assert themselves through the rugged contours of the Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries SSSI. These deep, geological pockets offer a sudden, silent respite from the suburban sprawl, their sheer faces catching a pale, northern light that makes the stone shimmer like cooling embers. To the north, the solitary sentinel of the First World War Early Warning Acoustic Mirror stands upon Namey Hill, a concrete ear listening intently to a history that has long since fallen quiet. The streets of High Southwick possess a pragmatic dignity, built upon the legacy of a district that once laboured in the shadow of deep-shaft coal and heavy maritime craft. A short walk toward the southern edge leads to the verdant expanse of The Green, where the grass wears a velvet sheen under the expansive, salt-tinged sky. There is a melancholy beauty in these landmarks, where the echoes of past industry are slowly softened by the encroaching moss and the persistent, restless wind of the North East coast.
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Explore High Southwick, 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: 54.925144, -1.396481. 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. |