Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore New Town, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the New Town 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 New Town, 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 New Town and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | New Town |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.841388 |
| Longitude | -1.459190 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
New Town commands a quiet prominence over the industrial lowlands of Tyne and Wear, where the earth still remembers the heavy footfall of colliery heritage. It lies 0.5 miles east-south-east of Houghton-le-Spring (from Houghton-le-Spring: bearing 110°T, OS grid NZ 348 497). The horizon here is dominated by the limestone rise of Copt Hill, a silent sentinel that watches over the modest brickwork and slate roofs of the surrounding dwellings. Beneath the skin of the fields, ancient strata hold the weight of centuries, while the nearby Seven Sisters Round Barrow offers a sombre reminder of lives long extinguished into the soil. Sunlight catches the sharp edges of the residential streets in New Town, casting long, melancholy shadows that stretch toward the distant collieries of the past. The air remains crisp and unburdened, carrying only the faint, rhythmic whisper of the wind moving across the exposed ridges. Those who walk the local paths often find the landscape possesses a stark, unadorned beauty that demands a certain solemn respect from the observer. This corner of the North East persists as a testament to the endurance of the land, existing in a state of perpetual, quiet vigilance.
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Explore New Town, 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: 54.841388, -1.459190. 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. |