Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Cliff, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cliff 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 Cliff, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of West Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cliff and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Cliff |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.571869 |
| Longitude | -1.780685 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cliff rises above the Holme Valley as a rugged threshold between the industrious grit of West Yorkshire and the encroaching wild of the Pennine foothills. High winds frequently scour the exposed slopes, carrying the sharp, metallic tang of the distant industrial past alongside the damp, peaty scent of the moors. To the west, the ancient stone of Maythorne Cross marks the landscape with a silent, weathered gravity, standing as a sentinel against the shifting grey light of the northern sky. Cliff holds a quiet composure, its architecture defined by the sturdy, soot-darkened sandstone typical of the district’s mid-nineteenth-century expansion. Below the steeper inclines, the terrain softens toward the sheltered basin where the bustle of the Picturedrome suggests a lingering cultural vitality. Residents navigate these inclining streets with a practiced ease, their boots finding purchase on the steep, uneven pavements that have endured generations of rain. A sense of permanence clings to the masonry, as if the houses themselves were simply outcroppings of the bedrock that defines the region. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality in the late afternoon, catching the slate roofs and turning the horizon into a sharp, monochromatic sketch.
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Explore Cliff, 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: 53.571869, -1.780685. 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. |