Backworth, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Backworth, Tyne and Wear
Backworth emerges from the low-lying North Tyneside horizon as a place where the memory of coal dust lingers in the quiet air of former pit rows. It lies 2.1 miles north-east of Longbenton (from Longbenton: bearing 42°T, OS grid NZ 301 722), and is situated west-north-west of Shiremoor village. The land here holds the weight of deep time, marked by the faint, grassy indentations of the West Backworth Medieval Settlement that rest silently in the fields like a ghost of older harvests. Sunlight catches the edges of these earthworks, softening the sharp geometry of forgotten boundaries while the modern world hums along the nearby arterial roads. To the east, the Brierdene Burn carves a modest, winding path through the landscape, its water reflecting the changing moods of the North East sky. Backworth once drew its pulse from the rhythm of the collieries, an industrial heartbeat that has since faded into a stillness that invites the long shadows of late afternoon. Houses of warm, weathered brick look out over the open spaces, maintaining a stoic dignity that persists long after the shafts have closed. This landscape carries the quiet gravity of a place that has exchanged the clamour of heavy iron for the slow, persistent reclamation of the grass.
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About This Backworth, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Backworth, Tyne and Wear, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Backworth includes coordinates 55.043811, -1.529457, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Backworth is available on the Backworth map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Tyne and Wear weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.