Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Rydal, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rydal 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 Rydal, 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 | Rydal |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.444989 |
| Longitude | -2.978943 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rydal commands a narrow, verdant corridor where the mountains lean close to the water’s edge, holding the silence of the high fells. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Ambleside (from Ambleside: bearing 323°T, OS grid NY 366 059). The landscape here forms a seamless part of the Lake District National Park, where the grey slate of the buildings seems to have been pulled directly from the scree slopes above. Rydal Mount, once the home of William Wordsworth, watches over the valley from its elevated position, retaining the quiet gravity of a house accustomed to the rhythms of poetic thought. Nearby, the cascading waters of Low Fall sharpen the air, their constant, restless motion providing a counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding woods. Below the slopes, the daffodils of Dora’s Field still rise each spring, a bright, golden legacy that softens the rugged character of the terrain. Rydal remains defined by these steep, enclosing slopes, where the light shifts rapidly across the bracken and the stone, revealing the enduring, unsentimental beauty of the North.
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Explore Rydal, 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: 54.444989, -2.978943. 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. |