Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Low Southwick, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Low 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 Low 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.
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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 Low Southwick and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Low Southwick |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.917015 |
| Longitude | -1.406478 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Low Southwick stretches along the northern bank of the River Wear, where the industrial echoes of the North East still cling to the grey, salt-washed air. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 319°T, OS grid NZ 381 581). The landscape here is defined by a hard-won transition from the river’s edge to the rising ground, where the heavy legacy of shipbuilding once dictated the cadence of daily life. Today, the quietude of the surroundings is punctuated by the nearby Southwick Limekilns, where the crumbling masonry of the historic ruins stands as a stark, calcified reminder of a time when fire and stone powered the local economy. A short walk away, the open expanse of The Green offers a rare pocket of calm, its grass often slick with the morning mist that rolls in from the North Sea. The light in Low Southwick possesses a thin, metallic quality, catching the rusted ironwork of the riverbanks and the soot-darkened brick of older terraces. Beyond the immediate streets, the horizon is wide and indifferent, shaped by the distant, hulking forms of heavy industry that defined the identity of the Tyne and Wear district. Low Southwick remains a place of transition, caught between the persistent ghosts of its maritime past and the gradual encroachment of modern suburban quiet.
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Explore Low 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: 54.917015, -1.406478. 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. |