Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Penton, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Penton 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 Penton, 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 | Penton |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.092594 |
| Longitude | -2.855221 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Penton remains a quiet anchor in the northern reaches of Cumbria, where the low-lying hills hold the sharp, clear light of the borderlands. It lies 7.4 miles north-east of Longtown (from Longtown: bearing 39°T, OS grid NY 455 779), and is situated west-north-west of Roadhead village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace, shaped by the persistent, cold currents of the Yearning Sike that carve through the fields less than a mile to the south-west. Penton sits amidst a landscape that feels stripped of pretense, where the stone walls seem to have grown from the earth itself rather than being placed by human hands. To the east, the rising shoulder of Chapel Hill offers a steady, immovable horizon against which the fleeting weather of the north plays out its drama. The local geography is defined by such quiet watercourses and ridges, providing a sense of scale that respects the solitude of the inhabitants. Penton keeps its own counsel, bound more by the ancient patterns of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the sky than by the frantic pace of the wider world.
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Explore Penton, 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: 55.092594, -2.855221. 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. |