Birkby Cumbria Map

About Birkby

Birkby dreams in the Cumbrian light, a quiet gathering of stone and sky. It lies 2.7 km east-north-east of Maryport (from Maryport: bearing 67°T, OS grid NY 060 375), and is situated south-west of Crosby village. The land around Birkby, a gentle rise towards the coast, often catches the sun in slanting beams that paint the fields a warm ochre. Though small, Birkby breathes a history tied to the earth, its dwellings a murmur of generations who worked the soil and watched the seasons turn. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant sea, a subtle perfume that speaks of its position between rolling farmland and the Irish Sea. Here, the quietude is profound, a space where one might hear the whisper of wind through hedgerows and the distant bleating of sheep.

About This Birkby Map Page

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.