Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Great Orton, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Orton 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 Orton |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.876439 |
| Longitude | -3.048178 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Orton rests in the quiet embrace of Cumbria's verdant landscape. It lies 7.6 km west-south-west of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 256°T, OS grid NY 328 540), and is situated south of Moorhouse village. The fields surrounding Great Orton, a patchwork of greens and golds under the vast Cumbrian sky, whisper of centuries of cultivation, their hedgerows a complex lacework of hawthorn and elder. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Great Orton possesses a subtle charm, its houses of warm sandstone catching the low, diffused light that often graces this corner of England. The gentle slope of the land towards the west suggests the slow journey of water, perhaps feeding into unseen streams that nourish the soil. The air here carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant agricultural labours, a constant reminder of the enduring connection between the people of Great Orton and the land they inhabit.
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Explore Great Orton, 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: 54.876439, -3.048178. 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. |