Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Boustead Hill, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Boustead Hill 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 Boustead Hill, 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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| Place | Boustead Hill |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.921054 |
| Longitude | -3.105444 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Boustead Hill commands a quiet, elevated vantage point over the Solway Plain, where the sky seems to stretch wider than the earth itself. It lies 7.0 miles north-north-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 18°T, OS grid NY 292 590), and is situated west of Burgh-by-Sands village. The landscape around Boustead Hill is defined by a low-lying, austere grace, where the light shifts rapidly across open fields and the salt-tinged air suggests the proximity of the nearby Burgh Marsh. To the west-north-west, the modest waters of the Boustead Hill Drain and the Grass Dike carve thin, silver lines through the dark soil, marking the passage of winter rains toward the estuary. Ancient remnants of human occupation, such as the nearby Settlement Enclosures, linger in the pasture as subtle, grassy undulations that suggest a long, quiet continuity of husbandry. The horizon is dominated by the vast, open expanse of the Solway coast, providing a constant, shifting backdrop of grey-blue hues that define the local temperament. Walking the lanes here, one feels the weight of the Roman frontier, as the proximity to the historic Vallum reminds the observer that this ground has been watched by generations of sentinels. Boustead Hill remains a place of singular, unadorned character, where the wind carries the scent of the sea and the land speaks only in the language of the seasons.
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Explore Boustead Hill, 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: 54.921054, -3.105444. 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. |