Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Selside, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Selside 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 Selside, 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 | Selside |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.386611 |
| Longitude | -2.717360 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Selside commands a quiet authority over the rising limestone shoulders of the Cumbrian fells. It lies 4.1 miles north-north-east of Kendal (from Kendal: bearing 17°T, OS grid SD 535 992), and is situated north of Meal Bank village. The earth here holds the deep, ancient cold of the high country, where the wind scours the stone walls and carries the sharp scent of damp bracken. Selside sits firmly within the Lake District National Park, sharing the expansive, light-washed silence of the surrounding peaks. To the north-west, the dark, brooding mass of Murthwaite Knott looms over the drainage basins, its slopes catching the fleeting, bruised purples of a shifting sky. Further afield, the hidden, moss-crusted stones of the medieval moated site near Bannisdale Low Bridge hint at a time when these lonely tracks were the primary arteries of the north. The landscape remains defined by this rugged, elemental architecture, where the grey rock breaks through the thin turf like the bleached bones of the earth. Selside endures as a place of sparse, hard-won beauty, indifferent to the hurried pace of the lowlands below.
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Explore Selside, 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: 54.386611, -2.717360. 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. |