Fellside, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Fellside, Tyne and Wear
Fellside commands a high, exposed ridge where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of open moorland across the Gateshead district. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Whickham (from Whickham: bearing 210°T, OS grid NZ 194 588), and is situated north-west of Marley Hill village. Beneath the expansive North East sky, the land rises sharply to meet Bird Hill, a summit that offers a vantage point over the shifting slate-grey light of the Derwent valley. Below this vantage, the rugged terrain drops into the verdant depths of Snipes Dene, where the air grows heavy and cool under the canopy of ancient growth. Fellside retains a stark, unadorned character, shaped by the industrial echoes of coal seams that once dictated the rhythm of local labour. The horizon is marked by the distant, silent presence of the Column of Liberty, a stone finger pointing toward the clouds as if measuring the patience of the earth. Here, the ground remains scarred by the persistence of its past, yet it possesses a quiet dignity found only in places where the horizon is wide and the shadows are long. Each morning, the first rays of light catch the stone edges of the hamlet, revealing a landscape that feels less like a place of residence and more like a bridge between the wild upland and the valley floor.
Flight conditions near Fellside. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Fellside and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fellside, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fellside, 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 Fellside includes coordinates 54.923787, -1.698307, 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 Fellside is available on the Fellside 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.