Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Red Dial, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Red Dial 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 Red Dial, 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 | Red Dial |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.803666 |
| Longitude | -3.159488 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Red Dial catches the low, pale Cumbrian light that stretches across the fields like a thin wash of watercolour. It lies 1.5 miles south of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 177°T, OS grid NY 255 460). Broad horizons dominate the view, where the sky feels heavy and immense, pressing down upon the quiet geometry of the surrounding farmland. The earth here holds the deep, silent weight of the Roman occupation, with the sprawling remains of the Old Carlisle fort and civil settlement resting just a short distance to the north-east. Beneath the modern surface of the lanes, the past remains a quiet neighbour, echoed by the nearby earthworks of the settlement south of Gerrard House. Red Dial exists in a space of open, working land where the wind carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic turning of machinery. Traffic moves through with a steady, functional purpose, linking the hamlet to the wider patterns of life in the north. Silence gathers in the corners of the hedgerows when the daylight fades, leaving Red Dial to inhabit the cold, clear dark of the northern night.
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Explore Red Dial, 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: 54.803666, -3.159488. 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. |