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Elland Lower Edge West Yorkshire Map

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

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

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Elland Lower Edge, West Yorkshire

How to Use This Elland Lower Edge, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Elland Lower Edge, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of West Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Elland Lower Edge and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Elland Lower Edge.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceElland Lower Edge
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.689151
Longitude-1.809317
Place TypeVillage

About Elland Lower Edge

Elland Lower Edge watches over the Calder Valley from its elevated perch above the industrial pulse of West Yorkshire. It lies 1.2 miles east-north-east of Elland (from Elland: bearing 74°T, OS grid SE 126 214), and is situated north-north-east of Elland Upper Edge village. The terrain here rises with a stubborn, stony grace, where the light catches the gritstone facades during the long, amber afternoons of autumn. To the north-north-east, the slopes of Harry Hill provide a quiet backdrop to the rows of sturdy houses that define the local character. Beyond the domestic gardens, the valley floor of Cromwell Bottom reveals a landscape once shaped by the heavy hand of extraction and ironworks. Now, the natural world reclaims these spaces with moss and bramble, softening the rigid lines of former quarries. Elland Lower Edge maintains a quiet composure, seemingly indifferent to the hurried transit of the modern world below. The air here holds a crisp, northern clarity that lingers long after the sun has retreated behind the surrounding ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Harry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 032° NNE
  • Cromwell Bottom (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 014° NNE
  • Anglo Saxon Cross Base (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 082° E
  • Hawkyard Mink Farm (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 214° SW
  • Round Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 124° ESE
  • Anglian High Cross Fragment In The Churchyard Of St Matthew'S Church, Rastrick (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 084° E
  • Elland Bypass Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.9 mi, 211° SSW · 1 ha
  • Canker Dyke (River) — 0.9 mi, 260° W
  • Elland Bridge Riverside Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 268° W
  • North Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 041° NE
  • The Rex Cinema (Cinema) — 1.2 mi, 257° WSW
  • Rydings Park (Park) — 1.4 mi, 046° NE
  • Grimscar Roman Tilery (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 169° S
  • Welcome to Brighouse (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 052° NE
  • Grimescar Dike (River) — 1.8 mi, 166° SSE
  • Haigh Cross (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 217° SW
  • North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 279° W
  • Upper Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 351° N
  • Stoney Royd Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.3 mi, 316° NW · 8 ha
  • Kirklees Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 085° E
  • Mill Gas Plant, Shaw Lodge Mills (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 312° NW
  • Shaw Castle (Castle) — 2.6 mi, 245° WSW
  • The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 298° WNW
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 319° NW
  • Red Brick Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.9 mi, 320° NW
  • Harold Wilson (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 160° SSE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 319° NW
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 320° NW
  • Longwood Tower (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 196° SSW
  • Halifax Victoria Theatre (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 316° NW

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About This Elland Lower Edge Map Page

Explore Elland Lower Edge, 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: 53.689151, -1.809317. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
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.