Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Birkby, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birkby 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 | Birkby |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.659210 |
| Longitude | -1.792535 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Birkby, a quiet suburb of Kirklees, carries a gentle air of permanence. It lies 1.8 km north-north-west of Huddersfield (from Huddersfield: bearing 338°T, OS grid SE 138 181). The land here, a soft green quilt stitched with the occasional roofline, slopes with a subtle grace, hinting at the wider West Yorkshire landscape. Though not a market town in the boisterous sense, there is a certain organised calm to its residential streets, a feeling of well-ordered lives unfolding beneath skies that often hold a pearly, diffused light. The older houses, built in enduring stone, seem to absorb the passing seasons, their walls warmed by the sun during brief summer afternoons. Birkby, in its unassuming way, offers a peaceful counterpoint to the more bustling centres nearby.
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Explore Birkby, 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: 53.659210, -1.792535. 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. |