Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Strands, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Strands 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 Strands, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Cumbria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Strands and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Strands |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.245562 |
| Longitude | -3.248595 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Strands captures the quiet transition where the rugged Cumbrian foothills begin to soften toward the coastal plains. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-east of Millom (from Millom: bearing 21°T, OS grid SD 187 840), and is situated east-south-east of The Green village. Enfolded within the vast boundaries of the Lake District National Park, Strands benefits from a light that seems to linger longer over the pastures than elsewhere. To the west, the slopes of Haws Hill rise with a steady, stoic presence, watching over the modest collection of dwellings below. Water defines the character of the surrounding earth, as the quiet pull of the nearby Arnaby Marsh keeps the land saturated and lush throughout the changing seasons. The air here carries a faint, saline clarity, a reminder of the proximity to the Irish Sea that shapes the local weather patterns. Life in Strands remains dictated by the slow rotation of the agricultural year rather than the urgency of the modern world. Such stillness allows the observant eye to notice how the morning mist clings to the hedgerows, gilding the spiderwebs in silver before the sun asserts its authority.
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Explore Strands, 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: 54.245562, -3.248595. 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. |