Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Danby Head, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Danby Head 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 Danby Head, North Yorkshire, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of North Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Danby Head and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Danby Head |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.421788 |
| Longitude | -0.940136 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Danby Head captures the raw, exposed spirit of the North York Moors National Park, where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the light of a fading afternoon. It lies 9.0 miles south-south-east of Guisborough (from Guisborough: bearing 150°T, OS grid NZ 688 034), and is situated south-east of Westerdale village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, rhythmic rise of Castleton Rigg, a geological spine that directs the wind across the high heather and rough grasses. To the north-east, the waters of Falcon Beck carve a thin, silver thread through the moorland, offering a quiet counterpoint to the brooding silence of the surrounding ridges. Ancient traces of human presence linger in the earth, most notably where the High Stone Dike marks the ground, a lingering shadow of past boundaries etched into the hillside. Danby Head remains a place where the seasons dictate the colour of the sky, shifting from the pale bruised purple of winter to the bright, insistent green of a wet spring. The air holds a crisp, persistent clarity, sharpened by the elevation and the absence of any sheltering canopy. Every footpath leading away from Danby Head invites a long, solitary walk through a world that feels indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern age.
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Explore Danby Head, North Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.421788, -0.940136. 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. |