Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East
Explore Holystone, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holystone 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 Holystone, 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 Holystone and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Holystone |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | North Tyneside |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.026990 |
| Longitude | -1.527667 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Holystone emerges from the North Tyneside landscape as a quiet expanse where modern residential life meets the lingering echoes of an industrial past. It lies 1.5 miles east-north-east of Longbenton (from Longbenton: bearing 75°T, OS grid NZ 302 703), and is situated south of Backworth village. The light here often catches the low, rolling contours of the land, casting long shadows that trace the boundaries between suburbia and the open fields. To the south, the expansive greenery of the Rising Sun Country Park offers a reservoir of calm, where the wind moves through reclaimed meadows once marked by the grit of coal extraction. Holystone maintains a steady, unremarkable grace, its streets unfolding beneath an expansive northern sky that changes colour with the shifting North Sea weather. A short distance to the west, the remnant ruins of a World War Two anti-aircraft factory stand as silent, weathered sentinels of a more urgent era. These structures provide a stark, skeletal contrast to the orderly brickwork of the nearby homes. Life in Holystone moves with the quiet rhythm of a place that has exchanged the clamour of the pit head for the stillness of a suburban evening.
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Explore Holystone, 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: 55.026990, -1.527667. 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. |