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Chidswell West Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Explore Chidswell, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chidswell 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.

Interactive Map of Chidswell, West Yorkshire

How to Use This Chidswell, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chidswell, West Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceChidswell
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.704943
Longitude-1.598336
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Chidswell

Chidswell maintains a quiet presence upon the rising gradients of West Yorkshire, where the horizon is often softened by a hazy, industrial-tinted light. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Dewsbury (from Dewsbury: bearing 53°T, OS grid SE 266 232), and is situated south-south-west of West Ardsley village. The land here holds the memory of coal seams and textile looms, though the earth has long since reclaimed the scars of its working past. To the north, the canopy of Soothill Wood offers a dense, sheltering green that catches the morning mist before it dissipates into the wider valley. Beneath the soil, the drainage of local brooks continues to shape the topography, carving subtle lines into the clay that define the boundaries of the fields. A short distance to the north-east, the remains of Howley Hall linger as a ghostly silhouette of grander architecture, now reduced to foundations that sit silently under the vast, shifting northern sky. Chidswell remains largely defined by this intersection of fading monumental history and the persistent, unpretentious endurance of its suburban streets. The atmosphere carries a certain stillness, as if the landscape itself is waiting for the next change in the weather to wash over its sloping pastures.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Soothill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.8 mi, 010° N
  • Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 147° SSE
  • Green Hill Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 281° WNW
  • Hey Beck (River) — 1.1 mi, 079° E
  • Caulms Wood Recreation Ground (Park) — 1.2 mi, 236° SW
  • Holme Leas Clough (Valley) — 1.2 mi, 165° SSE
  • Bag Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 032° NNE
  • Howley Hall; A 16Th Century Country House And Gardens (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 333° NNW · 5 ha
  • Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 1.4 mi, 246° WSW
  • Batley Memorial Park (Park) — 1.5 mi, 291° WNW
  • Lodge Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 128° SE
  • The Great War Memorial (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 291° WNW
  • Jude's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 049° NE
  • Ardsley Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 058° ENE
  • Dewsbury Flood Relief Channel (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 226° SW
  • Birkby Brow Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 327° NNW
  • Dewsbury Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.5 mi, 237° WSW · 8 ha
  • Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Mission Out (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 042° NE
  • Thornhill Hall Moat And Sites Of Formal Gardens And Bowling Green, And Remnant Of Pre-Seventeenth Century Open-Field System (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 192° SSW · 2 ha
  • Ossett Spa (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 143° SE
  • Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.1 mi, 255° WSW
  • Morley Hole (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 354° N
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 237° WSW
  • Stank Hall Quasi-Manorial Site (Scheduled Monument) — 3.8 mi, 020° NNE · 2 ha
  • Lofthouse Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 088° E
  • Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 309° NW
  • Wakefield Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 110° ESE
  • St Austin's Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 107° ESE
  • Mental Health Muesum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 097° E

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About This Chidswell Map Page

Explore Chidswell, 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: 53.704943, -1.598336. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.