Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Briar Rigg, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Briar Rigg 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 Briar Rigg, 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 | Briar Rigg |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.605541 |
| Longitude | -3.132159 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Briar Rigg holds the quiet elevation of a Cumbrian hillside, where the morning mist clings to the slopes like damp wool. It lies 0.4 miles north-east of Keswick (from Keswick: bearing 43°T, OS grid NY 269 239). The houses here look out across the valley, sheltered by the vast, shifting canopy of the Lake District National Park. A brisk walk of only a few hundred yards brings one to the manicured pathways of Upper Fitz Park, where the air smells of pine needles and damp earth. Briar Rigg benefits from this proximity to the town’s edge, where the frantic pace of the market stalls softens into a more deliberate, residential stillness. Even in the height of summer, the light here has a sharp, northern clarity that polishes the slate roofs until they shine like pewter. The topography dictates a life lived on an incline, ensuring that every window captures a different fragment of the rugged horizon. Residents move between the solitude of their gardens and the nearby bustle of Keswick, finding a balance between the wild expanse of the fells and the human scale of the streets below.
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Explore Briar Rigg, 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: 54.605541, -3.132159. 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. |