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Wallsend Tyne and Wear Map

Traditional county: Tyne and Wear · District / Borough: North Tyneside · Region: North East

Explore Wallsend, Tyne and Wear with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wallsend map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceWallsend
Traditional CountyTyne and Wear
District / BoroughNorth Tyneside
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.991131
Longitude-1.533636
Place TypeTown

About Wallsend

Wallsend holds the heavy, metallic ghost of shipbuilding within its industrial geography, where the river’s edge once echoed with the rhythmic clamour of hammers against steel. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-west of Hebburn (from Hebburn: bearing 333°T, OS grid NZ 299 663). The land slopes toward the Tyne, bearing the weight of a past defined by the Swan Hunter shipyard and the relentless output of coal. Today, the economy has shifted from the forge to service and technology, yet the cold, grey light of the North Sea still catches the remnants of the docks. The landscape remains a testament to human labour, where the soil itself seems to remember the deep heat of the furnaces. Segedunum Fort Viewing Tower rises above the horizon, offering a stark perspective over the remnants of Hadrian’s Wall that once marked the very end of the Roman world. This boundary between empire and wilderness persists in the local consciousness, just as the legacy of famous sons like the musician Sting, who grew up nearby, adds a quiet resonance to the streets. Families often find a moment of stillness in the greenery of Richardson Dees Park, where the trees offer a muted contrast to the hard, structural lines of the nearby Roman ruins. The town carries a resilient, unvarnished character, shaped by the intersection of ancient stone and the modern, working-class endurance of the North East. Wallsend remains a place where the grandeur of history is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who walk its pavements.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Segedunum Fort Viewing Tower (Viewpoint) — 0.2 mi, 152° SSE
  • Segedunum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 151° SSE
  • The Green (Park) — 0.3 mi, 032° NNE
  • Hadrian'S Wall In Wall Mile 0, Wallsend Roman Fort, Segedunum (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 154° SSE · 2 ha
  • Roman Baths (Reconstruction) (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 168° SSE
  • Richardson Dees Park (Park) — 0.4 mi, 344° NNW
  • Wallsend Burn (River) — 0.4 mi, 009° N
  • Shoe (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 351° N
  • Holy Cross Church And Graveyard, Wallsend (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 041° NE · 1 ha
  • Former Hawthorn Leslie Co Shipyard (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 155° SSE
  • Wallsend Dene (Valley) — 0.8 mi, 038° NE
  • Amanda Nicole School Of Dance (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 089° E
  • Medieval Fortified House, Known As The Camera Of Adam, Heaton (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 257° WSW
  • People's Theatre (Theatre) — 2.0 mi, 268° W
  • Adam's Camera (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 258° WSW
  • St Anthony's Point (Wetland) — 2.2 mi, 197° SSW
  • Jesmond Dene, Armstrong And Heaton Parks (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.3 mi, 272° W · 52 ha
  • Stephenson Railway Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 039° NE
  • Monkton Burn (River) — 2.4 mi, 140° SE
  • Anglo-Saxon Farm and Village (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 101° E
  • Pets' Corner (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.4 mi, 269° W
  • Bede Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 104° ESE
  • Ouseburn Farm (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 245° WSW
  • Millers Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.6 mi, 239° WSW
  • Newcastle General Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.6 mi, 258° WSW · 4 ha
  • Seven Stories (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 244° WSW
  • Victoria Tunnel (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 240° WSW
  • Star And Shadow Cinema (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 252° WSW
  • Inflata Nation (Theme Park) — 2.8 mi, 084° E
  • Dial Cottage (George Stevensons Listed Home) (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 329° NNW

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About This Wallsend Map Page

Explore Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.991131, -1.533636. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.