Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Park Head, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Park Head 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 Park Head, 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 | Park Head |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.772563 |
| Longitude | -2.639532 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Park Head occupies a rugged threshold where the Cumbrian landscape rises to meet the expansive, unblinking sky of the North Pennines. It lies 8.4 miles west-south-west of Alston (from Alston: bearing 251°T, OS grid NY 589 421), and is situated south-south-west of Renwick village. High above the stone-walled pastures, the silhouette of How Moor dominates the northern horizon, casting long, cool shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon light begins to thin. The water of the nearby Holywell Gill carves a quiet, persistent path through the limestone, its voice a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the silence of the high ground. Park Head remains a place defined by the stubborn endurance of its drystone boundaries and the way the wind behaves when it meets the exposed fells. Winter sunlight here has a peculiar, brittle clarity that makes the grey slate of the buildings appear almost luminous against the muted ochres of the surrounding bracken. To walk the lanes near Park Head is to observe how the earth yields slowly to the elements, smoothed by the passage of rain and the heavy, patient tread of hill sheep. The terrain maintains a stark, honest geometry, unadorned by the softening influence of lowland woods or the clutter of modern artifice.
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Explore Park Head, 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: 54.772563, -2.639532. 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. |