Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Ackenthwaite, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ackenthwaite 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.
| Place | Ackenthwaite |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.229518 |
| Longitude | -2.758811 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ackenthwaite, a Cumbria settlement, offers a quiet contemplation of the English landscape. It lies 10.7 km east-north-east of Grange-over-Sands (from Grange-over-Sands: bearing 68°T, OS grid SD 506 818), and is situated east-north-east of Milnthorpe village. The gentle slopes that embrace Ackenthwaite often catch the afternoon sun in a way that imbues the scattered farmsteads and cottages with a soft, golden luminescence. Its proximity to the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty suggests a landscape shaped by ancient geological forces and the patient hand of agriculture, where hedgerows, thick with the scent of hawthorn in season, still delineate fields that have been worked for generations. The air here, carrying the faint, earthy perfume of damp soil and distant livestock, seems to hum with a quiet, enduring vitality.
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Explore Ackenthwaite, Cumbria, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.229518, -2.758811. 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 built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |