Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Lythe, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lythe 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 Lythe, 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 | Lythe |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.504576 |
| Longitude | -0.694341 |
| Place Type | Village |
Lythe commands a high, windswept ridge overlooking the North Sea, where the salt-heavy air clarifies the horizon into a sharp, silver line. It lies 3.4 miles west-north-west of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 294°T, OS grid NZ 846 129), and is situated west-north-west of Sandsend village. The landscape surrounding Lythe falls within the protective embrace of the North York Moors National Park, where the earth rises in rolling swells of heather and ancient stone. Only a short distance away, the ruins of Mulgrave Castle stand in quiet decay, their crumbling masonry reclaimed by the encroaching vines of Mulgrave Woods. The light here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long, lean shadows across the fields as the sun dips behind the distant, brooding hills. Below the ridge, the waters of Sandsend Beck cut a persistent path through the valley floor, carrying the memory of the inland rain toward the coast. History lingers in the local soil, marked by the proximity of industrial relics where alum was once extracted to fuel the burgeoning trades of a younger England. Lythe remains a place of stoic endurance, where the wind sings through the gorse and the sea provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the day.
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Explore Lythe, 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: 54.504576, -0.694341. 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. |