Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Garsdale Head, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Garsdale Head 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 | Garsdale Head |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.321162 |
| Longitude | -2.328458 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Garsdale Head embraces the vast, sky-washed expanse of Cumbria's uplands. It lies 13.0 km east of Sedbergh (from Sedbergh: bearing 91°T, OS grid SD 787 917), and is situated east-north-east of Garsdale village. Here, the air itself seems to carry the scent of peat and damp earth, a wild perfume that clings to the bracken-clad fells. The landscape folds and unfolds with a quiet grandeur, where ancient dry-stone walls trace the contours of the land like old scars. Sheep graze on slopes that shimmer with a thousand shades of green and gold under the changeable Cumbrian light. The nearby Ribblehead Viaduct, a monumental feat of Victorian engineering, stands as a stark, proud sentinel against the wild backdrop, its arches a constant reminder of human endeavour in this elemental place.
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Explore Garsdale Head, 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: 54.321162, -2.328458. 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. |