Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East
Explore Holy Cross, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross, 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 Holy Cross and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Holy Cross |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | North Tyneside |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.000588 |
| Longitude | -1.518363 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Holy Cross commands a modest rise in North Tyneside, where the North Sea breeze softens the memory of its industrial past. It lies 0.9 miles north-east of Wallsend (from Wallsend: bearing 43°T, OS grid NZ 309 674). The landscape here retains a quiet gravity, marked by the ancient, weathered masonry of the Holy Cross Church and Graveyard that anchors the local horizon. To the west, the verdant basin of Wallsend Dene offers a sudden, sharp depth to the terrain, providing a green corridor that shelters the path of the landscape. Sunlight often catches the low-angled brickwork of nearby residential streets, casting long, lean shadows across the pavements in the late afternoon. The air holds the distant, salt-tinged hum of the Tyne, a reminder of the maritime labour that once defined the surrounding reaches. Holy Cross remains a place of pragmatic endurance, where the modern suburban pulse beats against a backdrop of deep, historical strata. This corner of the North East preserves a distinct, understated character, defined as much by its open skies as by the enduring stone of its past.
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Explore Holy Cross, 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: 55.000588, -1.518363. 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. |