It is situated approximately 6 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and borders Hazlerigg, Dinnington and Wideopen.

[2] The village was initially known as Dinnington Colliery, but its name was later changed to Brunswick.

Brunswick Green housing estate, to the immediate left when you enter the village from the east is wholly in North Tyneside.

[citation needed] Brunswick Village has a parish church named after St Cuthbert.

[4] The Big Waters Nature Reserve, a 50-acre site centred on a lake formed following mining subsidence in the 1920s, is located at the edge of the village.