Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Rowrah, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rowrah 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 Rowrah, 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 | Rowrah |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.554277 |
| Longitude | -3.455669 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rowrah keeps a steady, quiet watch over the rugged topography of West Cumbria, where the earth holds the memory of deep industrial extraction. It lies 3.3 miles north-east of Cleator Moor (from Cleator Moor: bearing 48°T, OS grid NY 059 186), and is situated east-south-east of Arlecdon village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, abrupt edges of former mineral workings, where the ground has been turned over to reveal the grey, stubborn bones of the local geology. Just a short walk to the east, the waters of Colliergate Beck trace a narrow, persistent line through the fields, carving a path that has remained largely indifferent to the shifting fortunes of the workers who once toiled nearby. Further south-east, the High Leys SSSI preserves a fragment of unimproved grassland, allowing wildflowers to claim the space with a quiet, seasonal persistence that softens the harder lines of the horizon. The air in Rowrah carries a faint, sharp clarity, often sharpened by the winds that sweep across the open elevation from the nearby fells. Old quarry faces now stand as silent, vertical monuments, their stone surfaces gathering lichen and moss in the damp Cumbrian light. Rowrah remains a place where the history of iron and limestone is written not in books, but in the deliberate, cooling stillness of the abandoned pits and the resilient growth of the surrounding scrub.
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Explore Rowrah, 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: 54.554277, -3.455669. 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. |