Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Leadgate, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Leadgate 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Leadgate, Cumbria, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Cumbria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Leadgate and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Leadgate |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.788316 |
| Longitude | -2.456718 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Leadgate emerges from the high, unforgiving contours of the Cumbrian fells as a place of stark, horizontal clarity. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Alston (from Alston: bearing 200°T, OS grid NY 707 438). The wind here possesses a distinctive, scouring quality that seems to strip the landscape of unnecessary ornament, leaving only the essential geometry of stone walls and open sky. To the south-west, the terrain rises toward the rugged profile of Great Dow Hill, where the light shifts with a sudden, mercurial intensity across the heather. Down in the deeper creases of the land, the waters of Inner Gill pursue their cold, determined path through the dark shale. Leadgate retains a quiet gravity, shaped by a history of mineral extraction that has left the earth scarred but dignified. The surrounding hills offer a vast, indifferent horizon that humbles the architecture of the small houses clinging to the slope. This is a geography defined not by soft transitions, but by the sharp, bracing encounter between the elements and the stubborn endurance of stone.
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Explore Leadgate, 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: 54.788316, -2.456718. 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 | August 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. |