Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Hesley, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hesley 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 Hesley, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of North Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Hesley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Hesley |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.032304 |
| Longitude | -2.332358 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hesley occupies a rugged, quiet fold of land in North Yorkshire, where the horizon is defined by the shifting moods of the limestone fells. It lies 3.3 miles south-west of Settle (from Settle: bearing 223°T, OS grid SD 783 596), and is situated west of Rathmell village. The land here holds the damp chill of the north, with Hesley Beck tracing a narrow, silver seam through the fields just to the east. High above the hamlet, the rough limestone prow of Scoutber Crag juts into the sky, catching the sharp, pale light that characterises this corner of the Pennines. To the north, the eleven hectares of Hesley Moss SSSI create a dark, saturated expanse of peat and sedge that refuses to be tamed by the plough. There is a peculiar, watchful stillness in the way the shadows stretch across the pastures at dusk, as if the earth itself were holding its breath against the coming frost. Hesley remains a place of sparse, functional beauty, defined by the resilient stone walls that compartmentalise the wind-swept slopes. Life in Hesley follows the slow, necessary patterns of the agricultural cycle, indifferent to the hurried pace of the world beyond the hills.
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Explore Hesley, 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: 54.032304, -2.332358. 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. |