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Wood Seats South Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceWood Seats
Traditional CountySouth Yorkshire
District / BoroughSheffield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.454026
Longitude-1.494419
Place TypeHamlet

About Wood Seats

Wood Seats remains a quiet collection of dwellings tucked into the rolling topography of the South Yorkshire landscape. It lies 4.6 miles east-south-east of Stocksbridge (from Stocksbridge: bearing 116°T, OS grid SK 336 953), and is situated north-north-east of Grenoside village. The light here often turns a pale, bruised violet in the late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields that mask the ancient remnants of the Handlands Romano-British Settlement. To the west, the dense and brooding canopy of Greno Wood breaks the horizon, offering a stark contrast to the open, working pastures that define the immediate perimeter. Wood Seats occupies land that feels pressed between the industry of the nearby valleys and the slow, rhythmic endurance of the high ground. Footpaths wind through the periphery, occasionally passing the subtle, weathered markers of history that suggest a long, quiet occupation of this soil. The air carries a crisp, metallic edge, a faint reminder of the industrial legacy that shaped the wider district of Sheffield. Modern life in Wood Seats persists with a low hum, largely undisturbed by the rapid pace of the urban sprawl that stops just short of these rural thresholds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Burncross Gateway Garden (Park) — 0.2 mi, 011° N
  • Handlands Romano-British Settlement, 460M South West Of Woodseats Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 221° SW · 8 ha
  • Greno Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.4 mi, 238° WSW
  • Wayside And Boundary Cross On The South Side Of Elliott Lane (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 115° ESE
  • Greno Knoll (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 280° W
  • Hall Wood Dike (River) — 0.8 mi, 024° NNE
  • Grenoside Green (Park) — 0.9 mi, 197° SSW
  • Romano-British Field System And Settlement At Wheata Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 219° SW · 12 ha
  • Cinder Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 169° SSE
  • Charlton Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 039° NE
  • Howbrook Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 347° NNW
  • EPPiC Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 130° SE
  • Waterfall Clough (Valley) — 1.7 mi, 246° WSW
  • Wharncliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.7 mi, 253° WSW
  • Fox Hill Whale (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 190° S
  • Wharncliffe Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Wharncliffe Crags Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 300° WNW · 16 ha
  • Ashes Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 327° NNW
  • Wadsley Fossil Forest Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.8 mi, 203° SSW
  • Wortley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.9 mi, 337° NNW · 240 ha
  • WW1 Firing Range (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 208° SSW
  • The Academy Theatre (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 011° N
  • Parkwood Springs gun emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 168° SSE
  • Wentworth Garden Centre (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 066° ENE
  • Yorkshire Natural History Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 187° S
  • Wortley Top Forge Miniature Railway (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 318° NW
  • Wortley Top Forge (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 317° NW
  • Wentworth Woodhouse (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 069° ENE
  • Elsecar Heritage Centre (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 048° NE
  • The Forge (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 048° NE

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About This Wood Seats Map Page

Explore Wood Seats, 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: 53.454026, -1.494419. 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.