(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Leeds · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Birks, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birks 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 | Birks |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Leeds |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.738268 |
| Longitude | -1.602718 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Birks, a quiet corner of West Yorkshire, unfolds its story in the gentle sprawl of its dwellings. It lies 1.2 km south of Morley (from Morley: bearing 181°T, OS grid SE 263 269). The fields surrounding Birks often catch the low sun, turning the common grasses to a burnished gold, a humble beauty that speaks of the land's enduring, unpretentious spirit. Though no grand edifices mark its immediate landscape, the enduring presence of sturdy brick homes, built with a practical grace, offers a sense of continuity. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil after a cleansing rain, a simple perfume of the English countryside. Life in Birks moves with a steady, unhurried pulse, a quiet counterpoint to the distant hum of larger towns.
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Explore Birks, 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: 53.738268, -1.602718. 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. |