Wideopen, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Wideopen, Tyne and Wear
Wideopen commands a position of quiet endurance atop the rolling ridges of North Tyneside. It lies 2.9 miles north-west of Longbenton (from Longbenton: bearing 308°T, OS grid NZ 241 726), and is situated east of Brunswick Village village. The local horizon is defined by the reclaimed contours of Weetslade Colliery Country Park, where the former industrial scars have softened into grassy slopes that catch the low, amber light of the setting sun. Wideopen serves as a gateway to these elevated vistas, offering a vantage point that stretches across the expanse of the Tyne and Wear landscape. To the west, the twenty hectares of Big Waters SSSI provide a sanctuary of still, reflective pools that draw the migrating birds of the season. The streets of Wideopen maintain a deliberate pace, unburdened by the clamour of larger centres, yet connected by the steady flow of the Great North Road. Here, the modern architecture sits against a backdrop of ancient earth, where the remnants of historical enclosures lie hidden in the quiet pastures of the surrounding fields. The air remains crisp and unpolluted, carrying the faint, earthy scent of the northern fields that border the edge of the residential sprawl.
Flight conditions near Wideopen. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wideopen and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wideopen, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wideopen, 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 Wideopen includes coordinates 55.047832, -1.623754, 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 Wideopen is available on the Wideopen 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.