Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Bank Nook, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bank Nook 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.
| Place | Bank Nook |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.615747 |
| Longitude | -1.911668 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bank Nook, a small cluster of dwellings, breathes the quiet air of the West Yorkshire Pennines. It lies 4.8 km west-north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 303°T, OS grid SE 059 132), and is situated north-west of Lingards Wood village. The surrounding landscape, a patchwork of fields and ancient stone walls, falls away with a gentle sweep, catching the soft, diffused light that often graces these uplands. Though no grand abbey or bustling market square defines its core, the enduring presence of sheep grazing on the verdant slopes speaks to a history deeply entwined with the land. The air here carries a clean, bracing quality, hinting at the proximity of open moors and the quietude of the Yorkshire dales. Bank Nook, in its understated way, holds the enduring charm of rural England, a place where the sky feels vast and the earth solid beneath one's feet.
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Explore Bank Nook, West 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: 53.615747, -1.911668. 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 | June 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. |