Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Whale, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whale 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 | Whale |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.587460 |
| Longitude | -2.740600 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whale, a quiet gathering of houses, catches the low Cumbrian sun on its stone walls. It lies 8.8 km south of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 174°T, OS grid NY 522 216), and is situated east-south-east of Helton village. The air here, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant sheep, moves with a gentle persistence across the undulating land. Fields, stitched together with ancient drystone walls, fall away towards the River Eamont, its waters reflecting the vast, changeable sky. Life in Whale unfolds with a quiet deliberation, a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the slow turning of the earth, far from the clamour of busier places.
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Explore Whale, 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: 54.587460, -2.740600. 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. |