Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Brackenhill, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brackenhill 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 | Brackenhill |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.642356 |
| Longitude | -1.351680 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Brackenhill breathes a quiet dignity, a place where the everyday unfolds with a gentle persistence. It lies 3.2 km north of Hemsworth (from Hemsworth: bearing 2°T, OS grid SE 429 164), and is situated west-north-west of Ackworth Moor Top village. The houses of Brackenhill, many of them modest red-brick dwellings, often present gardens that spill over with the untamed exuberance of late summer blooms, their colours softened by the diffused Yorkshire light. Though not marked by grand historical monuments, the roads themselves, winding with a natural, unhurried logic, seem to carry the faint echo of journeys taken by generations past. The air here, particularly after a soft rain, often carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant fields, a constant reminder of the agricultural lands that embrace Brackenhill.
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Explore Brackenhill, 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: 53.642356, -1.351680. 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. |