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Windhill South Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Windhill, South Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Windhill, 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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PlaceWindhill
Traditional CountySouth Yorkshire
District / BoroughDoncaster
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.500730
Longitude-1.269885
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Windhill

Windhill occupies a modest rise in the South Yorkshire landscape, where the air often carries a faint, metallic memory of the region’s industrial pulse. It lies 1.1 miles east-north-east of Mexborough (from Mexborough: bearing 66°T, OS grid SE 485 006), and is situated north-north-east of Old Denaby village. A quiet stillness defines the streets here, broken only by the sharp, sudden chatter of birds moving between the domestic gardens and the nearby green expanse of Knapton Gardens. The light in this part of the Doncaster district possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the brickwork that seem to stretch toward the horizon. To the south, the earth rises to support the ancient, grassy ramparts of the Castle Hills Motte And Bailey Castle, a silent witness to centuries of shifting borders and changing fortunes. Below these heights, the land flattens toward the water, where the slow, deliberate curves of the old River Dearne course through the valley. Windhill retains a sturdy, unassuming character, anchored by the proximity of protected landscapes that keep the encroaching modern sprawl at a respectful distance. Here, the transition from urban edge to open field feels definitive, marked by the persistent, cooling breath of the wind that gives the place its name.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Knapton Gardens (Park) — 0.2 mi, 235° SW
  • Castle Hills Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 178° S
  • Castle Hills Motte And Bailey Castle, Mexborough (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 178° S · 1 ha
  • Mexborough New Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 188° S
  • River Dearne (old Course) (River) — 0.7 mi, 059° ENE
  • St Helen's Spring (River) — 0.9 mi, 023° NNE
  • Denaby Ings Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 086° E · 25 ha
  • Sticking Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 280° W
  • Cadeby Main Colliery Memory Tree (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 123° ESE
  • Bath Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 058° ENE
  • Icehouse 720M South East Of Bath House Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 074° ENE
  • Dovecote At Barnburgh Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 006° N
  • North Cliff Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 124° SE
  • Lowfield Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 303° WNW
  • WW2 Anti Aircraft Battery (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 308° NW
  • Conisbrough Castle (Castle) — 2.1 mi, 123° ESE
  • Cadeby Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 095° E · 96 ha
  • Hickleton Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.5 mi, 358° N · 76 ha
  • Warren Vale (Valley) — 3.3 mi, 238° WSW
  • Bolton Ings (Wetland) — 3.3 mi, 291° WNW
  • Long Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.9 mi, 066° ENE
  • Brodsworth Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.0 mi, 023° NNE · 102 ha
  • Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 019° NNE
  • Ashworth Barracks Victoria Cross Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 092° E
  • South Yorkshire Transport Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 216° SW
  • Maurice Dobson Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 299° WNW
  • Wadworth Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.9 mi, 112° ESE
  • Bramley Grange (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 176° S
  • Houghton Main Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 309° NW
  • Wentworth Woodhouse (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.5 mi, 244° WSW · 558 ha

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About This Windhill Map Page

Explore Windhill, 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: 53.500730, -1.269885. 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.