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Wadsley South Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Wadsley, South Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wadsley, 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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PlaceWadsley
Traditional CountySouth Yorkshire
District / BoroughSheffield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.410719
Longitude-1.520808
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Wadsley

Wadsley maintains a quiet, elevated vantage point that overlooks the encroaching sprawl of the Don Valley. It lies 2.9 miles north-west of Sheffield (from Sheffield: bearing 312°T, OS grid SK 319 905), and is situated south-east of Worrall village. Carboniferous gritstone defines the local geology, grounding Wadsley in a rugged, ancient stillness that feels removed from the industrial clamour below. A short walk to the north reveals the Wadsley Fossil Forest SSSi, where the petrified remains of giant lycopods suggest a time when this landscape was a swampy, primeval wilderness. The pale, filtered light of an English afternoon often catches the weathered surfaces of the Wadsley Fossil Tree, a stone monument that anchors the memory of these prehistoric origins. Residents often traverse the slopes of nearby Knowle Hill, where the steep ascent rewards the persistent with a wide, grey-blue panorama of the South Yorkshire horizon. Wadsley keeps its history in the quiet alignment of its older cottages, which turn their backs to the wind as if bracing for a long-forgotten storm. Life here moves with the measured pace of the seasons, indifferent to the frenetic pulse of the nearby city.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Knowle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 138° SE
  • Wadsley Fossil Forest Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.4 mi, 357° N
  • Wadsley Fossil Tree (Public Artwork) — 0.4 mi, 357° N
  • WW1 Firing Range (Historic Ruins) — 0.4 mi, 305° NW
  • Middlewood Park (Park) — 0.7 mi, 035° NE
  • Hillsborough Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 106° ESE
  • Yorkshire Natural History Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 136° SE
  • Mill Stream (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 226° SW
  • Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 157° SSE
  • Little Matlock Rolling Mill Immediately South And East Of Olive Terrace (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 222° SW · 1 ha
  • Stannington Ruffs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 222° SW · 3 ha
  • Toad Hole Dyke (River) — 1.2 mi, 088° E
  • Birley Edge (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 036° NE
  • Oxspring Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 082° E
  • River Loxley (River) — 1.3 mi, 110° ESE
  • Mill Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 188° S
  • Rivelin Glen (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 195° SSW
  • Parkwood Springs gun emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 107° ESE
  • Weston Park Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 150° SSE
  • Romano-British Field System And Settlement At Wheata Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 013° NNE · 12 ha
  • Kelham Weir (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 127° SE
  • River Don Engine (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 126° SE
  • Alfred Denny Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 146° SE
  • Ken Hawley Collection (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 126° SE
  • Film Unit (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 146° SE
  • University of Sheffield Drama Studio (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 150° SSE
  • Wharncliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 347° NNW
  • Burngreave Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 107° ESE · 15 ha
  • Turner Museum of Glass (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 138° SE
  • Greno Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.9 mi, 015° NNE

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About This Wadsley Map Page

Explore Wadsley, 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: 53.410719, -1.520808. 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.