Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Great Blencow, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Blencow 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 | Great Blencow |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.683269 |
| Longitude | -2.843784 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Blencow, a quiet Cumbrian hamlet, offers a gentle repose from the wider world. It lies 6.0 km west-north-west of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 289°T, OS grid NY 456 323), and is situated north-east of Greystoke village. The air here carries the faint, clean scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a perfume unique to this corner of the North West. Fields, a patchwork of greens and golds under a sky that often holds a soft, diffused light, roll away from the cluster of stone-built dwellings. The occasional weathered barn, its timbers darkened by countless seasons, stands as a silent witness to generations of rural endeavour. A faint murmur of the River Petteril, a thread of silver in the landscape, can sometimes be heard, adding a subtle cadence to the stillness of Great Blencow.
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Explore Great Blencow, 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: 54.683269, -2.843784. 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. |