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.
| 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 rests in Cumbria, a quiet corner of England where the land breathes a soft, green sigh. It lies 6.7 km west of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 273°T, OS grid NY 335 561), and is situated south-south-east of Moorhouse village. The fields around Bow often hold a particular quality of light, a milky luminescence that softens the edges of the hedgerows and makes the distant fells appear as smudges of bruised lavender. This hamlet, unhurried and content, feels like a place where time itself has learned to pause, observing the slow turning of the seasons. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the subtle sweetness of unseen wildflowers, a perfume that clings to the very fabric of the landscape.
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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 | 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. |