Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: Sunderland · Region: North East
Explore Thorney Close, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thorney Close 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.
| Place | Thorney Close |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | Sunderland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.882322 |
| Longitude | -1.435527 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Sunlight, when it finds Thorney Close, often falls with a gentle, diffused quality, softening the edges of its suburban landscape. It lies 4.0 km west-south-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 236°T, OS grid NZ 363 543), and is situated north-east of West Herrington village. The streets here, marked by a quiet orderliness, are lined with homes that speak of generations who have found their footing in this corner of Tyne and Wear. A sense of groundedness prevails, a feeling that the land itself has a quiet, enduring presence, hinting at the agricultural rhythms that once defined this locale. Though its character is distinctly suburban now, the open skies that stretch above Thorney Close still seem to hold a whisper of the broader landscapes of the North East.
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Explore Thorney Close, 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: 54.882322, -1.435527. 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 | June 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. |