Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Wythburn, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wythburn 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 Wythburn, 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 | Wythburn |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.506404 |
| Longitude | -3.048086 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Wythburn remains a slender, quiet presence defined by the steep, rising shoulders of the fells that enclose it. It lies 6.1 miles north-north-west of Ambleside (from Ambleside: bearing 326°T, OS grid NY 322 128), and is situated north-north-west of Grasmere village. This gathering of stone and sky occupies a profound position within the Lake District National Park, where the air tastes of damp slate and persistent, cold water. To the east, the rhythmic trickling of Birkside Gill descends the slopes, a constant, shivering silver thread that animates the silence of the valley floor. Wythburn watches the light shift across the darkening heights of High Crag, where the sun seems to linger before falling abruptly behind the jagged western horizon. The land here feels ancient and indifferent, marked by the weathered stones of the Round Cairn On Dunmail Raise that hold the memory of older, forgotten movements. Such geography demands a certain humility, forcing the eye to trace the long, muscular lines of the hills rather than the fleeting works of men. It is a place where the earth asserts its primacy, leaving Wythburn as a small, resilient punctuation mark in a vast, mountainous sentence.
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Explore Wythburn, 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: 54.506404, -3.048086. 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. |