Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Birkby, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birkby 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birkby, Cumbria, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Cumbria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birkby and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Birkby |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.724064 |
| Longitude | -3.460786 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Sunlight catches the low, rolling contours of the Cumbrian landscape, illuminating the quiet lanes that trace the perimeter of Birkby. It lies 1.7 miles east-north-east of Maryport (from Maryport: bearing 67°T, OS grid NY 060 375), and is situated south-west of Crosby village. The air here carries a sharp, saline clarity, an invisible tide pulled inland from the nearby Solway coast. Just a stone’s throw away, the open expanse of The Green offers a soft, grassy threshold where the horizon seems to press closer to the earth. Beneath the topsoil, the earth holds the silent, geometric ghosts of the Settlement W Of Birkby, a scheduled monument that marks the ancient human impulse to claim this wind-swept ground. Northward, the land rises toward the crest of Brown Rigg, a hummock of earth that watches over the transition from pasture to the broader, salted sky. Birkby remains a place of subtle shifts, where the history of the frontier is not a monument to be read, but a persistent pulse in the rhythm of the fields. Through the changing seasons, the light refracts off the surrounding stone walls, casting long, lean shadows that measure the day with an elegant, unforced precision.
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Explore Birkby, 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: 54.724064, -3.460786. 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 | August 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. |