Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Powter How, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Powter How 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 | Powter How |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.626512 |
| Longitude | -3.208889 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Powter How, a quiet corner of Cumbria, breathes the clean air of the fells. It lies 5.3 km west-north-west of Keswick (from Keswick: bearing 302°T, OS grid NY 220 263), and is situated north-north-west of Thornthwaite village. The hamlet draws its character from the surrounding landscape, a place where the grey stone walls seem to absorb the soft, diffused light of the North. Life here unfolds with a gentle deliberation, mirroring the slow march of clouds across the vast Cumbrian sky. The very earth underfoot, a mixture of peat and ancient rock, carries the quiet persistence of generations who have worked this land. It is a place where the silence is not empty but full of the rustle of wind through bracken and the distant bleating of sheep.
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Explore Powter How, 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: 54.626512, -3.208889. 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. |