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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carrshield, Northumberland, 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 | Carrshield |
| Traditional County | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.824244 |
| Longitude | -2.308468 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Carrshield endures as a rugged outpost of stone and grit, carved into the high, sweeping expanse of the North Pennines. It lies 5.4 miles 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 is defined by the Allendale Moors SSSI, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent under a sky that often feels heavy with the coming rain. Beneath the surface, the earth still bears the faint, scarred memory of lead mining, with the ruins of the Carrshield Lead Mines and Ore Works lingering in the quiet damp like the bones of a forgotten industry. A short distance away, the land dips into the valley of The Bottoms, where the water runs clear and cold over dark, ancient shale. In the autumn, the light across the moors thins to a sharp, brittle clarity, illuminating the moss-covered walls that divide the fields into precise, lonely rectangles. Carrshield remains a place of profound solitude, where the wind holds a singular, mournful authority over the heather and the stone.
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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 | 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. |