Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore High Waverbridge, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Waverbridge 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 | High Waverbridge |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.782237 |
| Longitude | -3.200484 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
High Waverbridge rests where the land begins its slow incline towards the Solway Firth. It lies 5.4 km south-south-west of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 208°T, OS grid NY 228 436), and is situated south-west of Bolton Low Houses village. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a quiet perfume of the Cumbrian countryside. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and bramble, trace the boundaries of fields that have been tended for generations, their green a deep, resonant shade under the wide northern sky. The gentle curve of the land suggests the passage of water, a whisper of the Waver stream that gives the hamlet its name. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a peculiar clarity, illuminating the textures of stone and grass with an almost luminous quality. High Waverbridge, a place of modest dwellings, feels like a quiet breath exhaled into the landscape.
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Explore High Waverbridge, 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: 54.782237, -3.200484. 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. |