Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Snowden Hill, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Snowden 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 Snowden 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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| Place | Snowden Hill |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.501905 |
| Longitude | -1.603286 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Snowden Hill rises as a quiet, elevated ridge of stone and gritstone soil above the industrial pulse of the Don Valley. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-west of Stocksbridge (from Stocksbridge: bearing 345°T, OS grid SE 264 006), and is situated south-south-west of Oxspring village. The light here catches the pale, weathered drystone walls that trace the boundaries of the high pastures, mapping a history of sheep farming that persists against the encroaching shadows of the modern age. To the west, the dark, brooding canopy of Sheephouse Wood draws the eye, its heavy timber standing as a sentinel over the steep incline of Small Clough. Beneath these heights, the landscape shifts into a series of sharp, rhythmic folds that catch the rain and channel it toward the reservoirs below. Snowden Hill maintains a solitary character, indifferent to the encroaching sprawl, watching the grey, slate-coloured clouds gather over the Pennine fringes. There is a stark, clean quality to the air at this altitude, stripped of the valley’s soot and heavy hum. Visitors find here only the wind, the occasional lowing of cattle, and the stubborn persistence of an English landscape that refuses to be anything other than itself.
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Explore Snowden 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: 53.501905, -1.603286. 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. |