Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Bow, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bow 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 Bow, 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 | Bow |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.895294 |
| Longitude | -3.037612 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bow remains a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the low, flat horizon of the Solway Plain. It lies 4.2 miles west of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 273°T, OS grid NY 335 561), and is situated south-south-east of Moorhouse village. The light here often feels thin and pale, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant hills. To the east, the waters of Roughton Beck and Greathill Beck move with a deliberate, cold clarity through the heavy clay soil. Bow sits within a landscape that keeps its secrets, marked by the ancient, boggy silence of the nearby Orton Moss SSSI. Farmers tend to the land with a patient hand, working under skies that seem to possess a greater, more expansive weight than those found in the sheltered valleys further south. The wind carries a sharp, clean edge, reminding those who pass through that the sea is not far away. Bow endures as a modest point on the map, grounded firmly in the rhythms of the seasons and the stubborn persistence of the Cumbrian earth.
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Explore Bow, 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: 54.895294, -3.037612. 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. |