Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Gamblesby, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gamblesby 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 | Gamblesby |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.749069 |
| Longitude | -2.608463 |
| Place Type | Village |
Gamblesby, a quiet hamlet in Cumbria, wears its rural character with an understated grace. It lies 12.8 km west-south-west of Alston (from Alston: bearing 237°T, OS grid NY 609 395), and is situated north of Melmerby village. Here, the landscape unfolds in gentle swathes, the fields often appearing as a patchwork quilt stitched with the golden threads of ripening barley under the vast northern sky. The air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a pure distillation of the fell country. The few cottages clustered around the village green, their stone walls weathered by generations of wind and rain, seem to have grown organically from the soil, each with its own stoic beauty.
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Explore Gamblesby, 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: 54.749069, -2.608463. 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. |