Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Bottom Boat, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bottom Boat 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 | Bottom Boat |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.717823 |
| Longitude | -1.462714 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bottom Boat breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the land itself seems to hold a memory. It lies 3.5 km south-south-east of Rothwell (from Rothwell: bearing 165°T, OS grid SE 355 247), and is situated east-south-east of Lofthouse village. The fields here, often washed in the soft, diffused light of Yorkshire skies, roll with a gentle persistence, hinting at generations of cultivation. Though no grand abbey or castle marks its immediate horizon, the very air in Bottom Boat carries a grounded solidity, a sense of enduring presence. The waterways, perhaps once arteries of industry, now reflect the sky with a still, contemplative beauty.
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Explore Bottom Boat, 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: 53.717823, -1.462714. 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. |