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Cat Hill South Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Explore Cat Hill, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cat Hill 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.

Interactive Map of Cat Hill, South Yorkshire

How to Use This Cat Hill, South Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cat Hill, South 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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PlaceCat Hill
Traditional CountySouth Yorkshire
District / BoroughBarnsley
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.543777
Longitude-1.627010
Place TypeHamlet

About Cat Hill

Cat Hill commands an unassuming ridge where the air carries the sharp, clean scent of high-altitude pastures and distant Pennine stone. It lies 1.3 miles north of Penistone (from Penistone: bearing 7°T, OS grid SE 248 053), and is situated west-north-west of Hoylandswaine village. The landscape here unfolds in long, rhythmic swells of earth, broken only by the quiet geometry of drystone walls that trace the ancient boundaries of sheep-grazing land. To the south, the waters of Scout Dike carve a slender, reflective vein through the valley floor, mirroring the shifting moods of the Yorkshire sky. Further north, the dark, glassy expanse of Gunthwaite Dam holds the stillness of the morning, acting as a basin for the mist that clings to the valley before the sun finds its strength. Cat Hill remains a place of sparse, honest lines, where the architecture of the farmsteads seems to grow directly from the gritstone soil. The light here has a crystalline quality, washing over the slopes with a clarity that renders every blade of grass and weathered gatepost with startling precision. Such isolation grants the hamlet a profound sense of permanence, disconnected from the frantic pulse of the modern world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Crab Tree Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 158° SSE
  • Gunthwaite Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 347° NNW
  • Broad Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 195° SSW
  • Scout Dike (River) — 0.8 mi, 191° S
  • Scout Dike Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 254° WSW
  • Rons Cliff Dike (River) — 1.0 mi, 024° NNE
  • Nicholas Saunderson Memorial (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 183° S
  • Penistone Paramount Cinema (Cinema) — 1.3 mi, 182° S
  • Heald Head Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 025° NNE
  • Royd Moor Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 258° WSW
  • Pye Flatts Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 093° E · 2 ha
  • Royd Moor Viewing Point (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 251° WSW
  • Wayside Cross South Of Hartcliff Road (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 202° SSW
  • Deffer Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.3 mi, 020° NNE
  • Bank Lane Bottom (Valley) — 2.3 mi, 326° NW
  • Cannon Hall Country Park (Park) — 2.4 mi, 044° NE
  • Cannon Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.4 mi, 047° NE · 118 ha
  • De Morgan Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 038° NE
  • Silkstone Waggonway (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 089° E
  • Boundary And Wayside Cross Known As Catshaw Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 246° WSW
  • Anglo-Saxon Period Cross In Churchyard Of All Saints (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 055° NE
  • Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 053° NE
  • Spring Meadows, Alderman'S Head & Cow Croft Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 204° SSW · 17 ha
  • Cliffe Woods and Park (Park) — 3.3 mi, 012° NNE
  • Sheephouse Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 182° S
  • Skelmanthorpe Textile Heritage Centre (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 345° NNW
  • Maythorne Cross (Base) (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 273° W
  • Whistlestop Valley (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 010° N
  • Steel Project View Point (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 160° SSE
  • Far Swinden (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 233° SW

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About This Cat Hill Map Page

Explore Cat Hill, South 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: 53.543777, -1.627010. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.