Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Raithwaite, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Raithwaite 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 | Raithwaite |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.492720 |
| Longitude | -0.660536 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Raithwaite claims its quiet corner of North Yorkshire, a place where the land remembers ancient paths. It lies 2.9 km west-north-west of Whitby (from Whitby: bearing 287°T, OS grid NZ 868 116), and is situated south-east of Sandsend village. The very air here seems to hold the scent of damp earth and distant sea spray, a subtle perfume carried on the breeze from the Yorkshire coast. Fields of green, often softened by a pearly light, stretch towards the horizon, a landscape that speaks of patient cultivation rather than grand pronouncements. Though not a place of bustling markets, Raithwaite offers a stillness that allows one to observe the slow turning of the seasons, the quiet persistence of hedgerows, and the occasional flash of a kestrel in the wide, indifferent sky above.
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Explore Raithwaite, 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: 54.492720, -0.660536. 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. |