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Friendly West Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Friendly, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Friendly, 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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PlaceFriendly
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.712788
Longitude-1.918995
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Friendly

Friendly reveals itself through the steep, gritstone spine of the Calder Valley, where the light often catches the grey lintels of traditional Yorkshire cottages. It lies 0.9 miles north-east of Sowerby Bridge (from Sowerby Bridge: bearing 55°T, OS grid SE 054 240), and is situated south-south-west of Warley Town village. The landscape bears the heavy, industrious imprint of the textile age, marked by the lingering presence of canal-side warehouses that once pulsed with the rhythm of the loom. A short walk towards the rising slopes brings one to the verdant depth of Warley Clough, where the water carves a quiet, moss-dampened path through the hillside. Further along the valley floor, the iron-wrought silhouette of the Jack of the Locks monument serves as a lonely sentinel to the engineering ambitions of a bygone century. Friendly remains anchored by these remnants of brick and water, offering a view of the Pennine ridges that sharpen against the shifting northern sky. Such vistas provide a grounding clarity, reminding those who traverse these paths of the enduring connection between the rugged earth and the stubborn, hearth-warmed dwellings of the residents.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Warley Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 023° NNE
  • Allan Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 134° SE
  • Jack of the Locks (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 108° ESE
  • Warley Clough (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 062° ENE
  • Kirkham Turn (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 104° ESE
  • Crow Wood Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 087° E
  • Castle Hill Motte Castle 270M North East Of Rosemary Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 241° WSW
  • Sowerby Castle (Castle) — 1.0 mi, 243° WSW
  • Rooley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 234° SW
  • Fender, Pool and Splice (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 301° WNW
  • Stormer Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 147° SSE
  • Nether Ends Beck (River) — 1.4 mi, 211° SSW
  • River Ryburn (River) — 1.5 mi, 200° SSW
  • Wainhouse Tower (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 091° E
  • Albert Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 050° NE
  • Ladstone Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 181° S
  • Ramsden Wood Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 009° N
  • Peoples Park, Halifax (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.0 mi, 076° ENE · 5 ha
  • Lister Lane Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 070° ENE · 1 ha
  • Lumb Fall (Waterfall) — 2.2 mi, 221° SW
  • The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 100° E
  • Halifax Playhouse (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 075° ENE
  • The Gibbet Platform (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 071° ENE
  • Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 160M West Of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 358° N
  • Halifax Victoria Theatre (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 076° ENE
  • Vue Halifax (Cinema) — 2.5 mi, 071° ENE
  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 059° ENE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 076° ENE
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 079° E
  • Bankfield Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 059° ENE

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About This Friendly Map Page

Explore Friendly, 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: 53.712788, -1.918995. 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.