Traditional county: North Yorkshire · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Summerscales, North Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Summerscales 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 Summerscales, 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 | Summerscales |
| Traditional County | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.986686 |
| Longitude | -1.839729 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Summerscales persists as a quiet gathering of stone amidst the expansive, weather-beaten folds of the North Yorkshire landscape. It lies 4.4 miles north of Ilkley (from Ilkley: bearing 351°T, OS grid SE 106 545), and is situated north-east of Beamsley village. The horizon here is dominated by the austere presence of Johnny Hill, which watches over the terrain with a silent, stony indifference. Summerscales possesses the singular distinction of falling within the protected reaches of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the light often seems to thin and clarify against the gritstone. To the east, the modest current of Badger Gill Beck carves a narrow, persistent path through the bracken, its water reflecting a sky that shifts rapidly between bruised violet and pale, translucent grey. The land itself holds a certain stubborn gravity, an accumulation of centuries where the wind perpetually reshapes the grasses. Every movement of the seasons here is measured not by clocks, but by the lengthening shadows that crawl across the slopes toward the dusk. Summerscales remains a place where the geography dictates the pace of existence, indifferent to the clamour of the world beyond the hills.
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Explore Summerscales, 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: 53.986686, -1.839729. 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. |