Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Gawthorpe Green, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gawthorpe Green 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 Green |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.647476 |
| Longitude | -1.711810 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Gawthorpe Green unfolds as a quiet corner of West Yorkshire, where fields often hold the soft, diffused light of the Pennine foothills. It lies 3.2 km south-south-west of Mirfield (from Mirfield: bearing 199°T, OS grid SE 191 168), and is situated south-east of Kirkheaton village. The lanes here often curve gently, bordered by hedgerows that speak of patient cultivation, and the occasional stone-built farmhouse seems to have grown organically from the earth itself. Though the wider region carries the echoes of industrial past, Gawthorpe Green itself maintains a pastoral air, its small collection of dwellings reflecting a continuity of rural life. One might notice the subtle shift in the breeze as it carries the scent of damp earth or distant pasture, a constant, understated presence. The landscape around Gawthorpe Green, with its muted greens and browns, possesses a certain understated beauty, particularly when touched by the low sun of late afternoon.
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Explore Gawthorpe Green, 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: 53.647476, -1.711810. 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. |