Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East
Explore Willington Square, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Willington Square 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 Willington Square, 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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| Place | Willington Square |
| Traditional County | Tyne and Wear |
| District / Borough | North Tyneside |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.007429 |
| Longitude | -1.507555 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Willington Square holds a quiet prominence within the North Tyneside landscape, defined by its steady presence amidst a shifting suburban horizon. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Wallsend (from Wallsend: bearing 43°T, OS grid NZ 315 682), and is situated south-west of New York village. Low-hanging light often catches the brickwork here, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the residential lanes as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the expansive greenery of Rising Sun Country Park offers a wide, open lung to the district, where the wind moves through tall grasses with a sharp, clear resonance. The industrial hum that once drove this region has softened into a rhythmic, everyday stillness, leaving Willington Square to find its own modern composure. A short distance to the north-east, the Stephenson Railway Museum preserves the clatter and steam of a vanished age, grounding the local identity in the heavy, iron-wrought legacies of the past. Residents traverse these familiar streets under a sky that feels vast and unencumbered, often walking paths that connect the domestic order of the houses to the wilder, unmanicured edges of the surrounding countryside. Even in the greyest weather, the atmosphere retains a crisp clarity, suggesting a place that values its modest, unpretentious character above all else.
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Explore Willington Square, 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: 55.007429, -1.507555. 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. |