Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Hanging Stone, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hanging Stone 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 | Hanging Stone |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.616361 |
| Longitude | -1.791187 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Hanging Stone, a quiet corner of West Yorkshire, exhales a gentle breath across its verdant slopes. It lies 3.2 km south of Huddersfield (from Huddersfield: bearing 191°T, OS grid SE 139 133), and is situated north of Honley village. The light here, particularly in the late afternoon, can spill over the fields in swathes of burnished gold, illuminating the scattered farmsteads and the patient, enduring hedgerows. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Hanging Stone carries the subtle hum of lives lived, of footsteps worn into the pathways that thread through its unassuming landscape. Its proximity to the larger town of Huddersfield means that while it retains a distinct character, the wider world's currents are never far away. The air often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural roots that still nourish this place.
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Explore Hanging Stone, 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: 53.616361, -1.791187. 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. |