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Birkenshaw West Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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

PlaceBirkenshaw
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.752503
Longitude-1.694153
Place TypeVillage

About Birkenshaw

Birkenshaw breathes with a quiet presence on the Yorkshire landscape. It lies 3.5 km north-north-east of Cleckheaton (from Cleckheaton: bearing 22°T, OS grid SE 202 285), and is situated north-north-east of Drub village. A sense of open sky often touches Birkenshaw, a feeling that the land stretches out towards the horizon, unfurling in gentle, cultivated sweeps. The houses, many of them solid stone, seem to have grown organically from the earth, their windows catching the pale West Yorkshire light. Though its industrial past has receded, a certain practical resilience remains, a quiet strength in the way the streets are laid out and the doors are kept. The green spaces, modest yet well-tended, offer a place for contemplation, a breath of fresh air against the backdrop of everyday life.

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About This Birkenshaw Map Page

Explore Birkenshaw, 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: 53.752503, -1.694153. 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 builtJune 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.