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Clough Head West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Clough Head, 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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PlaceClough Head
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.638773
Longitude-1.878754
Place TypeHamlet

About Clough Head

Ancient stone walls trace the rugged contours of the landscape where Clough Head maintains its quiet vigil over the Pennine slopes. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 340°T, OS grid SE 081 158), and is situated west-north-west of Bolster Moor village. High above the valley floor, the light here possesses a brittle clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the surrounding gritstone ridges. To the north-west, the rising flanks of Rocking Stone Hill and Wholestone Hill draw the eye toward the open, wind-scoured horizon. The earth beneath Clough Head feels heavy with the memory of subterranean industry, a lingering gravity that persists even as the heather reclaims the abandoned margins of the moor. Downwards, the hidden waters of Crimble Clough carve a persistent, rhythmic path through the dark shale, feeding the quietude of the lower slopes. This is a place where the weather dictates the pace of the day, moving in great, grey swells of cloud that brush against the rooftops before dispersing into the vast Yorkshire sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Rocking Stone Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 310° NW
  • Wholestone Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 323° NW
  • Crimble Clough (River) — 0.5 mi, 174° S
  • Woodall Ing Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 185° S
  • Milking Clough (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 056° ENE
  • Colne Valley Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 090° E
  • Slaithwaite Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 201° SSW
  • Cambodunum Roman Fort And Vicus, Slack (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 017° NNE · 8 ha
  • Longwood Reservoirs (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 055° NE
  • Red Lane Dike (River) — 1.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Scammonden Stanza Stones (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 286° WNW
  • The Tree Planter statue (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 271° W
  • Huddersfield Observatory (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 128° SE
  • Longwood Tower (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 075° ENE
  • Longwood Outdoor Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.0 mi, 075° ENE
  • Meg Dike Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 299° WNW · 1 ha
  • Coronation Park (Park) — 2.2 mi, 096° E
  • Nathans (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 205° SSW
  • Shaw Park (Park) — 2.4 mi, 013° NNE
  • Shaw Castle (Castle) — 2.4 mi, 010° N
  • Crosland Moor Stone Circle (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 114° ESE
  • Ring Cairn Known As The Ring Of Stones On Ringstone Edge Moor, 800M South Of Upper Gosling Royd (Scheduled Monument) — 2.7 mi, 304° NW
  • Cupwith Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 248° WSW
  • Beaumont Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 113° ESE · 8 ha
  • Marsden Moor Estate Exhibition (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 220° SW
  • Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 227° SW
  • Elland Bypass Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.6 mi, 041° NE · 1 ha
  • The Rex Cinema (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 027° NNE
  • North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.9 mi, 012° NNE
  • The Lawrence Batley Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 084° E

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About This Clough Head Map Page

Explore Clough Head, 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: 53.638773, -1.878754. 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.