Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Havercroft, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Havercroft 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 | Havercroft |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.623436 |
| Longitude | -1.405492 |
| Place Type | Village |
Havercroft, a quiet hamlet in West Yorkshire, offers a gentle presence against the rolling countryside. It lies 3.6 km west-north-west of Hemsworth (from Hemsworth: bearing 288°T, OS grid SE 394 142), and is situated east of Ryhill village. The land here hums with the memory of agricultural endeavour, its fields a patchwork quilt of greens and golds under the wide Yorkshire sky. A faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a testament to the enduring connection with the soil. The houses, solid and unpretentious, seem to exhale a quiet continuity, their brickwork softened by the passage of seasons. Even the quiet roads carry a certain grace, reflecting the muted, pearly light that often graces this part of England. Havercroft holds its history not in grand pronouncements, but in the subtle grain of its landscape.
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Explore Havercroft, 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: 53.623436, -1.405492. 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. |