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.
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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of South Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cat Hill and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Cat Hill |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.543777 |
| Longitude | -1.627010 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
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.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
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 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. |