Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Doncaster · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Shaftholme, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shaftholme 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 Shaftholme, 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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| Place | Shaftholme |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Doncaster |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.566853 |
| Longitude | -1.131766 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Shaftholme occupies a quiet, low-lying corner of the South Yorkshire landscape, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the press of urban sprawl. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Bentley (from Bentley: bearing 23°T, OS grid SE 576 081), and is situated north-north-west of Arksey village. The flat, alluvial fields surrounding Shaftholme carry the pale, diffused light of the north, reflecting an openness that makes the sky feel unusually vast and close to the earth. Water defines the perimeter of the land, with the persistent, rhythmic flow of Smallholme And Tilts Drain carving a path through the heavy soil to the north-north-west. To the south-south-east, the still, dark surface of the Round About Moat provides a stark contrast to the agricultural bustle of the nearby fields. These ancient drainage patterns and watercourses serve as silent witnesses to a geography shaped by the slow, deliberate movement of silt and stream. Shaftholme maintains a singular, muted character, defined more by the shifting moods of the weather than by the clamour of modern industry. The silence here is punctuated only by the cries of birds navigating the damp, fertile corridors between the drains and the ponds.
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Explore Shaftholme, 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: 53.566853, -1.131766. 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. |