Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Howgate, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Howgate 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 | Howgate |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.576245 |
| Longitude | -3.564257 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Howgate, a quiet collection of dwellings, breathes the Cumbrian air. It lies 3.2 km north-north-east of Whitehaven (from Whitehaven: bearing 28°T, OS grid NX 989 212), and is situated north-west of Low Moresby village. The land here rolls with a gentle, unassuming grace, the light often catching the damp earth in a way that speaks of quiet fertility. Fields, delineated by ancient stone walls that seem to absorb the passing centuries, stretch out towards the distant sea, their green a deep, resonant hue under a wide sky. The very fabric of Howgate feels woven from the soft peat and the enduring stone, a place where the silence is not empty but full of the murmurs of the land. The air, when the wind carries it inland, might still hold a faint, salty tang from the coast.
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Explore Howgate, 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: 54.576245, -3.564257. 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. |