Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East
Explore Carrshield, Northumberland with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carrshield 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 | Carrshield |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.824244 |
| Longitude | -2.308468 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Carrshield, a quiet hamlet, breathes the open air of Northumberland's upland country. It lies 8.6 km east of Alston (from Alston: bearing 81°T, OS grid NY 802 477), and is situated north-north-east of Nenthead village. The landscape here unfolds with a gentle austerity, where the sky feels vast and the sheep graze with a placid indifference to the passing years. The stone walls that delineate the fields, weathered by countless seasons, seem to whisper tales of generations who worked this resilient earth. A faint shimmer of light often catches the rough texture of the moorland, lending a subtle, almost ethereal beauty to the scene. Carrshield itself is a collection of dwellings, modest and enduring, testament to a life lived in close communion with the elements.
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Explore Carrshield, Northumberland, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.824244, -2.308468. 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. |