Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Melkinthorpe, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Melkinthorpe 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 | Melkinthorpe |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.621747 |
| Longitude | -2.693243 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Melkinthorpe, a hamlet in Cumbria, breathes the quiet air of the North West of England. It lies 6.3 km south-east of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 141°T, OS grid NY 553 253), and is situated east-south-east of Clifton village. The land here unfolds with a gentle, almost imperceptible grace, where fields of green, stitched with the occasional stone wall, meet the soft, wide sky. Though small, Melkinthorpe holds a certain stillness, a place where the subtle shift of light across the rolling fells marks the passing of the hours more than any grand pronouncements. It feels like a pause in the wider landscape, a quiet gathering of stone and sky, far from the clamour of larger settlements.
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Explore Melkinthorpe, 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: 54.621747, -2.693243. 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. |