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Nentsberry Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore Nentsberry, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Nentsberry 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Nentsberry, Cumbria

How to Use This Nentsberry, Cumbria Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Nentsberry, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Cumbria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Nentsberry and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Nentsberry.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceNentsberry
Traditional CountyCumbria
Unitary AuthorityWestmorland and Furness
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.800881
Longitude-2.369081
Place TypeHamlet

About Nentsberry

Nentsberry emerges from the high, shivering grasses of the North Pennines like a cluster of grey stones cast carelessly upon the fellside. It lies 3.0 miles east-south-east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 106°T, OS grid NY 763 451), and is situated north-west of Nenthead village. The air here holds the sharp, metallic memory of lead, a ghostly inheritance that lingers long after the mines have fallen silent. Below the dwellings, the Galligill Burn carves a restless, silver path through the dark shale, its constant murmur providing the only true clock for those who reside in Nentsberry. To the east, the Haggs Bank Sssi preserves a fragile botanical sanctuary where rare alpine flowers cling to the thin, mineral-rich soil with stubborn grace. The horizon is defined by the heavy, brooding shapes of hills that trap the low winter sun, casting long, violet shadows across the fields before the day has truly begun. Every structure in Nentsberry remains tethered to this rugged topography, built not for ornament but to withstand the relentless scouring of the wind. Time here does not flow so much as it settles, accumulating in the quiet gaps between the drystone walls and the vast, unblinking sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Haggs Bank Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.3 mi, 095° E · 2 ha
  • Galligill Burn (River) — 0.3 mi, 212° SSW
  • Lot Burn (River) — 0.5 mi, 313° NW
  • Hudgill Lead Mine Bingsteads, 200M North East Of Hudgill Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 316° NW
  • Whimsey Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 065° ENE
  • River Nent At Blagill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 311° NW · 9 ha
  • Nunnery Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 166° SSE
  • Fletcheras Rake Lead Workings (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 226° SW · 23 ha
  • Whitesike And Bentyfield Lead Mines And Ore Works (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 200° SSW · 3 ha
  • Nenthead Mines (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 132° SE
  • Smelting Mill (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 132° SE
  • Deadman's Cleugh (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 029° NNE
  • High Force (Waterfall) — 2.1 mi, 300° WNW
  • Broad Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 037° NE
  • Low Force (Waterfall) — 2.8 mi, 290° WNW
  • Alston Railway Station (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 288° WNW
  • The Hunslet (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 289° WNW
  • The Hub (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 289° WNW
  • Ashgill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.3 mi, 165° SSE
  • Kidd's Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.7 mi, 111° ESE
  • Killhope Lead Mining Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 108° ESE
  • Dodd Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 5.1 mi, 084° E
  • Allenheads Heritage Centre (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 089° E
  • The Blacksmith's Shop (Museum) — 5.9 mi, 089° E
  • Monk Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 6.7 mi, 011° N
  • Former Limekiln (Historic Ruins) — 6.7 mi, 128° SE
  • Shorngate Cross currick (Monument) — 6.7 mi, 090° E
  • Snope Sikes (Wetland) — 7.1 mi, 324° NW
  • Knar (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 302° WNW
  • Hartside Top (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 254° WSW

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About This Nentsberry Map Page

Explore Nentsberry, 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: 54.800881, -2.369081. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.