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Lyons Tyne and Wear Map

Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East

Explore Lyons, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lyons 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.

Interactive Map of Lyons, Tyne and Wear

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lyons, 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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PlaceLyons
Traditional CountyTyne and Wear
District / BoroughSunderland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.815514
Longitude-1.440878
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Lyons

Lyons emerges from the North East landscape as a quiet testament to the industrial heritage of Tyne and Wear. It lies 0.6 miles south-east of Hetton-le-Hole (from Hetton-le-Hole: bearing 129°T, OS grid NZ 360 468), and is situated north-north-west of Easington Lane village. The morning light here often catches the surface of nearby Stephenson Lake, turning the water into a sheet of polished pewter that reflects the changing moods of the sky. Coal once dictated the rhythm of life in Lyons, leaving behind a geography that has since been reclaimed by the slow, green encroachment of nature. Today, the proximity of Hetton Lyons Country Park offers a sprawling expanse where the air feels lighter and the horizon seems to stretch with an unforced elegance. Residents often walk the paths near the water, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sharp, sudden call of birds circling above the reeds. The terrain carries a subtle, rolling weight, a reminder of the deep seams that once anchored the economy of this northern district. Every shadow cast across the fields near Lyons suggests a memory of the past, even as the modern world continues its steady, quiet progress around the edges of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Stephenson Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.2 mi, 044° NE
  • Blossom Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.3 mi, 013° NNE
  • Hetton Lyons Country Park (Park) — 0.4 mi, 007° N
  • Lyons Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 003° N
  • White Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 103° ESE
  • Bracken Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 057° ENE
  • Eppleton Grassland Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.7 mi, 059° ENE · 13 ha
  • Elemore Vale (Valley) — 0.8 mi, 175° S
  • Hetton Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 320° NW
  • Hetton Bogs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 320° NW · 8 ha
  • Seven Sisters Round Barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-Le-Spring (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 346° NNW · 1 ha
  • Enclosed Hilltop Settlement On Pig Hill, 600M South West Of High Fallowfield (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 158° SSE · 3 ha
  • Coldwell Burn (River) — 1.7 mi, 185° S
  • Elemore Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.8 mi, 188° S
  • High Haswell Chapel 300M South East Of Low Haswell (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 170° S
  • Rainton Burn (River) — 2.1 mi, 312° NW
  • Kip The Pit Pony and Coal Tub (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 228° SW
  • Down at the Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.7 mi, 359° N
  • Haswell Colliery Engine House (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 164° SSE
  • Dalden Tower (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 073° ENE
  • Adventure Valley (Theme Park) — 3.9 mi, 260° W
  • Kepier Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 252° WSW
  • Ryhope Engines Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 038° NE
  • Thornley Pit Wheel (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 177° S
  • Seaham Beach (Beach) — 4.7 mi, 060° ENE
  • East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 071° ENE
  • Lumley Castle (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.9 mi, 300° WNW · 124 ha
  • Wheatley Hill Pit Wheel (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 163° SSE
  • The Lubetkin Theatre (Theatre) — 5.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Lambton Castle (Castle) — 5.2 mi, 313° NW

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About This Lyons Map Page

Explore Lyons, 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: 54.815514, -1.440878. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.