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Hartshead Moor Top West Yorkshire Map

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

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PlaceHartshead Moor Top
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.722545
Longitude-1.747896
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Hartshead Moor Top

Hartshead Moor Top commands an exposed ridge where the winds from the Pennines carry the sharp, clean scent of high-altitude grit and rain. It lies 1.4 miles west of Cleckheaton (from Cleckheaton: bearing 268°T, OS grid SE 167 251), and is situated south of Scholes village. The incline of the Hartshead Moor Top hill itself rises with a persistent, stubborn grace just a short distance to the west-south-west, offering a vantage point that keeps a silent watch over the shifting clouds. Below this elevation, the landscape drains into the quiet, rhythmic currents of Oldfield Beck, where the water catches the grey light of a Yorkshire afternoon like polished silver. Stone walls define the boundaries of the fields, their jagged lines marking a history of labour that has long defined the character of these high, open spaces. The air here feels thin and bright, possessing a clarity that reveals the distant, hazy silhouettes of the industrial valley floors that once anchored the local economy. Beyond the immediate residences, the terrain suggests a rugged transition from the urban sprawl of the Spen Valley to the untamed, rolling expanses of the moorland fringe. Hartshead Moor Top remains a place where the sky feels vast and unforgiving, pressing down upon the earth with a pale, luminous intensity.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hartshead Moor Top (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 248° WSW
  • West End Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 079° E
  • Oldfield Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 098° E
  • Blacup Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 098° E
  • Anglian High Cross Fragment Known As Walton Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 145° SE
  • King Edward VII Memorial Park (Park) — 1.5 mi, 090° E
  • Spen Valley Bottoms (Valley) — 1.8 mi, 085° E
  • Welcome to Brighouse (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 223° SW
  • Chatts Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 025° NNE
  • Kirklees Priory, Medieval Nunnery (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 165° SSE
  • Kirklees Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 182° S
  • Kirklees Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.1 mi, 168° SSE · 90 ha
  • North Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Castle Hill Univallate Defended Settlement, Kirklees Park (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 169° SSE · 1 ha
  • Park Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 331° NNW
  • Dumb Steeple (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 165° SSE
  • Anglo Saxon Cross Base (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 219° SW
  • Fiddlehead and Fernblades (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 068° ENE
  • Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 069° ENE
  • Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.7 mi, 123° ESE
  • Battle Of Adwalton Moor 1643 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.8 mi, 051° NE · 108 ha
  • Bolling Hall Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 005° N
  • Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 137° SE
  • Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 085° E
  • Elland Bypass Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 224° SW · 1 ha
  • Red Brick Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 269° W
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 268° W
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 270° W
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 132° SE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 270° W

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About This Hartshead Moor Top Map Page

Explore Hartshead Moor Top, 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: 53.722545, -1.747896. 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.