High Southwick, Tyne and Wear Weather
About High Southwick, Tyne and Wear
High Southwick reveals itself as a distinctive rise of land overlooking the shifting industrial horizon of the River Wear. It lies 1.7 miles north-north-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 342°T, OS grid NZ 387 591), and is situated south-west of South Bents village. The terrain here holds a particular gravity, where the limestone foundations of the earth assert themselves through the rugged contours of the Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries SSSI. These deep, geological pockets offer a sudden, silent respite from the suburban sprawl, their sheer faces catching a pale, northern light that makes the stone shimmer like cooling embers. To the north, the solitary sentinel of the First World War Early Warning Acoustic Mirror stands upon Namey Hill, a concrete ear listening intently to a history that has long since fallen quiet. The streets of High Southwick possess a pragmatic dignity, built upon the legacy of a district that once laboured in the shadow of deep-shaft coal and heavy maritime craft. A short walk toward the southern edge leads to the verdant expanse of The Green, where the grass wears a velvet sheen under the expansive, salt-tinged sky. There is a melancholy beauty in these landmarks, where the echoes of past industry are slowly softened by the encroaching moss and the persistent, restless wind of the North East coast.
Flight conditions near High Southwick. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for High Southwick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This High Southwick, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for High Southwick, 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 Southwick includes coordinates 54.925144, -1.396481, 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 Southwick is available on the High Southwick 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.