Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Roadhead, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Roadhead 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 Roadhead, 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 | Roadhead |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 55.066978 |
| Longitude | -2.756885 |
| Place Type | Village |
Roadhead emerges from the rolling Cumbrian landscape as a stark collection of stone homesteads braced against the prevailing winds. It lies 8.7 miles north of Brampton (from Brampton: bearing 354°T, OS grid NY 517 749), and is situated north-north-east of Hethersgill village. The terrain here holds a hard, honest quality, where the earth is sliced by the persistent flow of the Farloan Sike as it carves its way through the rugged western pastures. To the south-east, the small, sequestered waters of the Whitberry Burn Sssi offer a quiet refuge for damp-loving flora, undisturbed by the modern world’s frantic pace. Roadhead remains defined by the rhythm of its pastoral surroundings, where the sky seems to press down with a heavy, bruised clarity upon the low-slung roofs. Every boundary wall of moss-slicked stone stands as a testament to the labour required to keep these upland acres productive. The light here often turns thin and silver, catching the high ridges and leaving the hollows to hold the shadows of the morning for hours longer than the lowlands. Life in Roadhead moves in accordance with the turning seasons, tethered to the soil and the shifting, restless clouds that drift in from the Solway Firth.
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Explore Roadhead, 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: 55.066978, -2.756885. 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. |