Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Thwaite, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thwaite 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 Thwaite, 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 | Thwaite |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.377323 |
| Longitude | -2.166245 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Thwaite emerges from the rugged limestone folds of Swaledale, where the high-altitude light sharpens the edges of every dry-stone wall. It lies 10.0 miles south-east of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 132°T, OS grid SD 892 979), and is situated west of Muker village. This high-ground bastion serves as a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the horizon is defined by the steep, brooding shoulders of Kisdon hill. To the east, the cascading waters of Scar House Force carve a silver vein through the rock, filling the air with a constant, cool resonance. The surrounding earth supports the delicate, diverse flora of the Mill Holme Meadow, a site protected for its botanical rarity against the encroaching silence of the fells. Thwaite remains a place of austere beauty, where the wind carries the scent of damp peat and the distant, rhythmic call of curlews. Travellers often pause here to watch the shadows lengthen across the valley floor, noting how the landscape demands a slow, deliberate pace of life.
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Explore Thwaite, 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: 54.377323, -2.166245. 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 | September 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. |