Old Fold, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Old Fold, Tyne and Wear
Old Fold remains a quiet residential quarter that anchors itself firmly upon the rising slopes above the southern banks of the River Tyne. It lies 1.2 miles east-south-east of Gateshead (from Gateshead: bearing 105°T, OS grid NZ 272 623). The geography here bears the distinct weight of industrial legacy, where the land tilts toward the water with a persistent, steady gravity. To the north, the ghostly silhouette of the Friars Goose Pumping Engine House stands as a silent sentinel of a vanished age, its brickwork still holding the memory of Victorian steam and toil. The light in Old Fold often appears thin and silvered, catching the edges of low-rise brick houses that have replaced the soot-stained workshops of old. Residents might walk toward the river to catch the stark, metallic glint of the Fish with Two Heads sculpture, a curious beacon that marks the shifting character of the shoreline. Despite the encroachment of modern suburban sprawl, the underlying terrain retains a rugged, weathered quality that speaks to the grit of the North East. Old Fold persists as a place where the echoes of heavy industry have softened into the hum of daily life, yet the landscape never entirely forgets the fires that once burned in its furnaces.
Flight conditions near Old Fold. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Old Fold and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Old Fold, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Fold, 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 Old Fold includes coordinates 54.955204, -1.575307, 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 Old Fold is available on the Old Fold 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.