(Hamlet)
Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Firby, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Firby 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 Firby, 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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| Place | Firby |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.273102 |
| Longitude | -1.590101 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Firby remains a quiet collection of stone and pasture, defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the North Yorkshire countryside. It lies 1.0 miles south of Bedale (from Bedale: bearing 177°T, OS grid SE 267 864). The landscape here holds a particular stillness, where the low-slung horizon allows the light to stretch long and pale across the fields. To the southwest, the verdant expanse of Thorp Perrow Arboretum offers a deep, arboreal breath to the land, its diverse canopy softening the edges of the horizon. Firby itself sits in a modest hollow, sheltered from the sharper winds that drift down from the high moors. Nearby, the waters of Firby Beck move with a liquid, silver urgency, carving a subtle path through the dense, damp earth. This water nourishes a terrain that has long been shaped by the hand of the farmer rather than the weight of industry. The air feels heavy with the scent of damp soil and ancient, encroaching greenery, grounding the hamlet in a reality that feels older than the maps that define its borders.
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Explore Firby, 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: 54.273102, -1.590101. 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. |