Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Booth Bank, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Booth Bank 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 | Booth Bank |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.616912 |
| Longitude | -1.907463 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Booth Bank, a hamlet where the West Yorkshire sky often seems to stretch in an unbroken expanse, exists as a quiet testament to rural endurance. It lies 4.7 km north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 307°T, OS grid SE 062 133), and is situated north-north-west of Lingards Wood village. The land around Booth Bank gently inclines, its fields divided by ancient dry-stone walls that seem to hum with the quiet industry of generations. A muted light, characteristic of these Pennine fringes, often bathes the scattered farmsteads and the sparse cluster of dwellings, lending a certain contemplative air to the landscape. The very air here seems to hold a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil and distant sheep. While no grand edifices mark its presence, the enduring simplicity of Booth Bank offers a profound sense of place, a quiet dignity in its unassuming existence.
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Explore Booth Bank, 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: 53.616912, -1.907463. 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. |