Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Ploughlands, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ploughlands 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 | Ploughlands |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.892663 |
| Longitude | -3.125232 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ploughlands rests in Cumbria's verdant embrace, a quiet knot in the landscape. It lies 7.9 km north-north-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 17°T, OS grid NY 279 559), and is situated north-east of Little Bampton village. The fields around Ploughlands, often painted with the soft, diffused light characteristic of this northwestern corner of England, suggest a long-held connection to the earth, the very soil whispering tales of generations of tillers. Here, the air carries the faint, clean scent of rain-washed grass and, on a clear day, the distant hum of farming machinery, a gentle counterpoint to the silence. The modest cluster of dwellings that form Ploughlands speaks of a life lived in harmony with the changing seasons, a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon stretches, unburdened.
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Explore Ploughlands, 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: 54.892663, -3.125232. 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. |