Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Mirehouse West, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mirehouse West 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 | Mirehouse West |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.525444 |
| Longitude | -3.578847 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Mirehouse West, a quiet corner of Cumbria, holds a subtle beauty in its unassuming presence. It lies 2.9 km south of Whitehaven (from Whitehaven: bearing 169°T, OS grid NX 979 156), and is situated east-north-east of Sandwith village. The land here, a gentle sweep towards the Irish Sea, often catches the low, western sun, casting long shadows that soften the edges of the scattered dwellings. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Mirehouse West possesses a certain rootedness, a quiet endurance evident in the weathered stone of its older farmsteads, suggesting generations who have worked this earth under the same wide Cumbrian sky. The air, carrying the tang of salt from the nearby coast, often whispers through the sparse woodland that fringes the settlement, a constant, low murmur of the sea's proximity.
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Explore Mirehouse West, 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: 54.525444, -3.578847. 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. |