Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Southwick, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the 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 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.
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 Southwick and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Southwick |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.919880 |
| Longitude | -1.402410 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Southwick reveals itself through the steady, industrial rhythm of the River Wear, where the heavy legacy of shipbuilding once dictated the pulse of the tide. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 329°T, OS grid NZ 384 585). The terrain rises with a stubborn, geological patience, marked by the limestone strata that defined its early working life. At the heart of the district, The Green offers a verdant pause where the light catches the morning mist, grounding the domestic streets in a quiet, enduring permanence. Echoes of a more arduous past linger nearby at the Southwick Limekilns, where the stone ruins stand as skeletal sentinels against the encroaching modern skyline. The air here holds a distinct salt-sharp clarity, drifting in from the coast to brush against the brickwork of terraced homes. Beyond these rows, the Men of Steel rise in their metallic defiance, capturing the shifting North Sea winds in a dance of rusted iron. Southwick remains a place where the weight of memory is carried not in monuments, but in the enduring texture of the earth itself.
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Explore 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: 54.919880, -1.402410. 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. |