Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Parkhead, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Parkhead 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 | Parkhead |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.755788 |
| Longitude | -3.029503 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Parkhead rests in a quiet corner of Cumbria, a settlement that speaks of enduring, if unassuming, permanence. It lies 11.4 km south-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 132°T, OS grid NY 338 405), and is situated east-north-east of Caldbeck village. The landscape around Parkhead unfolds with a gentle, rolling grace, the fields a patchwork of greens and golds under a sky that often carries the soft, diffused light of the North. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, define the boundaries of pastures where sheep graze with a patient, almost meditative calm. The air here carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant moorland, a subtle perfume that speaks of the wilder fells that form a brooding backdrop to this tranquil place. The quietude of Parkhead is its own kind of wealth, a gentle assurance of continuity in a world that rushes too fast.
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Explore Parkhead, 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: 54.755788, -3.029503. 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. |