Knowle Top South Yorkshire Map

About Knowle Top

Knowle Top, a quiet suburban expanse, bears the subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. It lies 5.2 km west-north-west of Sheffield (from Sheffield: bearing 284°T, OS grid SK 303 886), and is situated east-south-east of Dungworth village. The gently rolling terrain here, where fields meet the encroaching residential sprawl, often catches the late afternoon sun in a way that imbues the scene with a fleeting, golden luminescence. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, still mark out boundaries from a time when this was purely agricultural land, their thorny embrace a testament to a more rugged past. Though the sounds of the city are never truly absent, a peculiar stillness can descend upon Knowle Top during the early morning hours, a quietude broken only by the chirping of unseen birds and the distant rumble of the first trains. The houses themselves, a varied collection of mid-20th-century designs and more recent constructions, present a collective face to the sky, each with its own small garden that contributes to the overall verdant impression.

About This Knowle Top Map Page

Explore Knowle Top, 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: 53.393735, -1.544833. 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.