Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Mellguards, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mellguards 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 Mellguards, 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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| Place | Mellguards |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.804323 |
| Longitude | -2.864133 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Mellguards reveals itself as a quiet cluster of stone and slate held firmly within the rolling Cumbrian landscape. It lies 6.7 miles south-south-east of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 156°T, OS grid NY 445 458), and is situated north-north-west of Southwaite village. The morning light here often catches the silvered surface of Raughton Gill, which carves a shallow, murmuring path just a short distance to the north-north-west. To the east, the slopes of Garden Hill rise with a modest, persistent dignity, watching over the fields that define the horizon of Mellguards. The soil holds a heavy, dark fertility, supporting the agricultural rhythms that have shaped the land long before modern maps were drawn. Ancient traces linger in the vicinity, where the earth still keeps the secrets of a prehistoric enclosure, marking the passage of centuries in the quiet contours of the ground. The air carries a crisp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every dry-stone wall and farmhouse gable. Mellguards endures as a place of singular perspective, where the wide northern sky dictates the pace of the passing seasons.
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Explore Mellguards, 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: 54.804323, -2.864133. 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. |