Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Whaw, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whaw 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 | Whaw |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.435248 |
| Longitude | -2.029073 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
A breath of quiet habitation, Whaw rests in the embrace of North Yorkshire's rolling contours. It lies 14.5 km south-south-west of Barnard Castle (from Barnard Castle: bearing 210°T, OS grid NY 982 044), and is situated north-west of Langthwaite village. The air here carries the faintest scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a subtle perfume that speaks of the land’s enduring agricultural heart. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-brooding Yorkshire sky, falls in broad, benevolent strokes across the modest stone cottages, illuminating the weathered textures of their walls. Whaw’s existence seems less a matter of grand design and more a gentle accretion, a collection of lives lived in quiet harmony with the surrounding fells.
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Explore Whaw, 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: 54.435248, -2.029073. 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. |