Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Askam in Furness, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Askam in Furness 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 | Askam in Furness |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.188701 |
| Longitude | -3.204704 |
| Place Type | Village |
Askam in Furness, a Cumbrian settlement, claims its place upon the Furness peninsula. It lies 3.9 km north-north-west of Dalton-in-Furness (from Dalton-in-Furness: bearing 341°T, OS grid SD 214 776), and is situated west-north-west of Marton village. The very air in Askam in Furness seems to carry a faint tang of industry, a legacy of its past as a centre for iron ore mining and shipbuilding, a history etched not in stone but in the very spirit of its people. The landscape here unfurls with a quiet resilience, the distant hills offering a soft, grey-blue backdrop to the more utilitarian structures that speak of human endeavour. A subtle beauty can be found in the wide, open skies that frequently preside over Askam in Furness, their ever-shifting moods painting the land in a thousand shades.
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Explore Askam in Furness, 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: 54.188701, -3.204704. 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. |