(Hamlet near Lepton)
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gawthorpe 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.
| Place | Gawthorpe |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.644390 |
| Longitude | -1.718199 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gawthorpe breathes a quiet existence in the West Yorkshire landscape. It lies 3.6 km south-south-west of Mirfield (from Mirfield: bearing 204°T, OS grid SE 187 164), and is situated north-north-west of Lepton village. The gentle slope of the land here, catching the diffused light filtering through the often-overcast skies, offers a subtle beauty, a muted watercolour wash against the broader canvas of the Pennine foothills. Evidence of Gawthorpe's agricultural past can still be discerned in the pattern of fields and the hardy stone of older farmsteads, their walls weathered by generations of wind and rain. Though no grand monuments define its skyline, a sense of continuity pervades Gawthorpe, a quiet unfolding of everyday life against a backdrop of enduring, rolling terrain.
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Explore Gawthorpe, 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: 53.644390, -1.718199. 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 | June 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. |