Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore West Woodside, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Woodside 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.
| Place | West Woodside |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.830380 |
| Longitude | -3.090137 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
West Woodside rests like a quiet thought in the Cumbrian landscape, a place where the fields seem to hold their breath in the soft northern light. It lies 4.6 km east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 82°T, OS grid NY 300 489), and is situated west of West Curthwaite village. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant sheep, a perfume of the land itself. The houses of West Woodside, built of stone that has absorbed the sun and rain of countless years, seem to emerge organically from the gentle slopes. A subtle hush often pervades the hamlet, broken only by the murmur of the wind through hedgerows or the distant bleating of livestock, as if the very stones are listening. The quality of the light, particularly in the late afternoon, casts long, golden shadows that transform the familiar contours of the countryside into something almost ethereal, hinting at stories held deep within the soil.
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Explore West Woodside, 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: 54.830380, -3.090137. 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 | June 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. |