Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Port Carlisle, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Port Carlisle 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 Port Carlisle, 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 | Port Carlisle |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.947800 |
| Longitude | -3.186351 |
| Place Type | Village |
Salt-crusted winds sweep across the Solway Firth to touch the quiet, linear houses of Port Carlisle. It lies 8.6 miles north of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 353°T, OS grid NY 241 621), and is situated east-south-east of Bowness-on-Solway village. The horizon here is vast and pale, where the sky merges with the shifting mudflats of Bowness Marsh in a blur of bruised grey and silver. Port Carlisle holds the memory of its nineteenth-century ambition, when a canal connected the harbour to the inland city of Carlisle, though now only the ghosts of trade remain in the hushed, expansive basin. Just a short distance away, the low, damp ground of Kirkland Scar shelters a delicate, secret world of reeds and wading birds that thrive in the brackish silence. The air carries the sharp, clean scent of the tide, a reminder that the land is forever yielding to the insistent pulse of the sea. Time seems to gather in the hollows of the landscape, lingering longer here than in the frantic centres of industry. Port Carlisle remains a place of edges, defined by the meeting of firm earth and the wide, unforgiving water.
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Explore Port Carlisle, 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: 54.947800, -3.186351. 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. |