Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Gateshead · Region: North East
Explore Old Fold, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Fold 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 Old Fold, 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 Old Fold and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Old Fold |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Gateshead |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.955204 |
| Longitude | -1.575307 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Old Fold remains a quiet residential quarter that anchors itself firmly upon the rising slopes above the southern banks of the River Tyne. It lies 1.2 miles east-south-east of Gateshead (from Gateshead: bearing 105°T, OS grid NZ 272 623). The geography here bears the distinct weight of industrial legacy, where the land tilts toward the water with a persistent, steady gravity. To the north, the ghostly silhouette of the Friars Goose Pumping Engine House stands as a silent sentinel of a vanished age, its brickwork still holding the memory of Victorian steam and toil. The light in Old Fold often appears thin and silvered, catching the edges of low-rise brick houses that have replaced the soot-stained workshops of old. Residents might walk toward the river to catch the stark, metallic glint of the Fish with Two Heads sculpture, a curious beacon that marks the shifting character of the shoreline. Despite the encroachment of modern suburban sprawl, the underlying terrain retains a rugged, weathered quality that speaks to the grit of the North East. Old Fold persists as a place where the echoes of heavy industry have softened into the hum of daily life, yet the landscape never entirely forgets the fires that once burned in its furnaces.
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Explore Old Fold, 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: 54.955204, -1.575307. 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. |