Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East
Explore Killingworth, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Killingworth 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 Killingworth, 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 Killingworth and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Killingworth |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | North Tyneside |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.037610 |
| Longitude | -1.565752 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Killingworth reveals itself as a landscape where the heavy, soot-stained industrial memory of the North East meets the quiet, expansive ambition of modern planning. It lies 1.1 miles north of Longbenton (from Longbenton: bearing 359°T, OS grid NZ 278 715). Broad, deliberate thoroughfares cut through the geography, guiding the eye toward the distant, low-slung horizon where the land lifts slightly at Camperdown. The water of Killingworth Lake acts as a dark, reflective mirror, holding the grey sky still against the movement of the wind that sweeps across the North Tyneside plains. Nearby, the metallic silhouette of the George Stephenson Blucher Locomotive Sculpture stands as a stark, angular reminder of the coal-fed iron pulses that once defined the subterranean life of this terrain. Killingworth maintains a singular atmosphere where the weight of nineteenth-century engineering persists in the very air, grounding the newer housing estates in a legacy of steam and innovation. The light here often feels thin and clear, sharpening the edges of the brickwork and casting long, precise shadows during the late afternoon. Residents traverse these pathways between the remnants of deep-shaft mining and the open, grassy expanses that have reclaimed the industrial scars. Each season brings a different quality to the horizon, reminding those who inhabit Killingworth that they live upon a platform constructed from the grit and purpose of previous centuries.
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Explore Killingworth, 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: 55.037610, -1.565752. 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. |