High Dubmire occupies a modest rise in the landscape of Tyne and Wear, where the air often carries the cool, damp breath of the North Sea. It lies 0.8 miles west of Houghton-le-Spring (from Houghton-le-Spring: bearing 271°T, OS grid NZ 327 500), and is situated east-north-east of Fence Houses village. The terrain here holds the memory of industrial toil, yet time has softened the sharp edges of its coal-mining past into quiet, open stretches of ground. To the north, the waters of Moors Burn cut a narrow, silvered path through the earth, reflecting the grey-blue shifts of the English sky. High Dubmire remains a place of understated transition, caught between the encroaching suburban sprawl and the persistent, wilder character of the surrounding fields. Residents often look toward the distant, rising form of Houghton Hill, which commands the eastern horizon with a steady, watchful presence. The light in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, illuminating the low-slung brickwork and the sturdy, unpretentious lines of the houses. Each road traces the contours of a topography that has been shaped more by the extraction of subterranean wealth than by deliberate aesthetic design.
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Live animated radar for High Dubmire and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Dubmire, 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 High Dubmire includes coordinates 54.844177, -1.491091, 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 High Dubmire is available on the High Dubmire 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.