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.
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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| Place | Chidswell |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.704943 |
| Longitude | -1.598336 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
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.
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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 built | August 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. |