Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Busk, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Busk 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 | Busk |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.773138 |
| Longitude | -2.608001 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Busk quietly endures, a modest gathering of stone and sky in Cumbria's western reaches. It lies 11.5 km west-south-west of Alston (from Alston: bearing 248°T, OS grid NY 609 421), and is situated south-east of Renwick village. Here, the land falls away in broad, sheep-grazed slopes, catching the pale Cumbrian light in a way that suggests ancient, unhurried processes. The air itself seems to hold a certain clarity, a testament to the open country that surrounds Busk, a landscape where the sky feels vast and the wind whispers secrets carried from the nearby fells. The solid, enduring nature of the few dwellings speaks of a resilience born from the land, each stone a silent observer of seasons turning and generations passing.
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Explore Busk, 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: 54.773138, -2.608001. 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. |