Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Brooks Bank, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brooks 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 | Brooks Bank |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.680017 |
| Longitude | -1.510718 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Brooks Bank offers a quiet presence on the western edge of the urban sprawl. It lies 0.9 km west-south-west of Wakefield (from Wakefield: bearing 244°T, OS grid SE 324 205). The landscape here, a gentle canvas of rolling fields, often catches the soft, diffused light characteristic of West Yorkshire, lending a certain contemplative mood to the air. Though devoid of grand historical edifices, Brooks Bank possesses a character shaped by its more recent past, a blend of residential development and the lingering scent of agricultural land that once defined its boundaries. The houses, primarily of brick, stand in orderly rows, interspersed with small patches of green where children might play under the watchful gaze of the sky. There is a quiet industry to the place, a sense of lives being lived with a steady, unobtrusive purpose.
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Explore Brooks 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: 53.680017, -1.510718. 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. |