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Hawks Stones West Yorkshire Map

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

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Place	Hawks Stones
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Calderdale
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.742316
Longitude	-2.120999
Place Type	Hamlet

About Hawks Stones

Hawks Stones commands a rugged vantage point amidst the high, windswept moors of the Calderdale district. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Todmorden (from Todmorden: bearing 334°T, OS grid SD 921 273), and is situated west of Blackshaw Head village. The landscape surrounding Hawks Stones is defined by the austere beauty of gritstone outcrops and the relentless scouring of the upland winds. To the west, the ancient stone of Mount Cross serves as a silent sentinel, marking a path that has guided travellers across these desolate heights for centuries. Below the hamlet, the waters of Dry Syke carve a sharp, narrow channel through the peat, feeding the deeper shadows of the valley floor. The light here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, often bleaching the colour from the heather until the hills appear as monochromatic sketches against the vast northern sky. Hawks Stones remains a place of sparse, hard-won endurance, where the architecture of the farmsteads reflects the stubborn geology of the earth beneath them. Every boundary wall and dry stone enclosure serves as a quiet record of the labour required to claim a living from this exposed, unforgiving terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cross Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 263° W
Wayside Cross Known As Mount Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 262° W
Dry Syke (River) — 0.4 mi, 247° WSW
Redmires Water (River) — 0.4 mi, 154° SSE
Mount Cross (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 265° W
Shore Law (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 236° SW
Higher Hartley (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 162° SSE
Hullet (Historic Ruins) — 0.6 mi, 211° SSW
Hudson Clough (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 180° S
The Wizard of Whirlaw (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 128° SE
Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 200M North West Of Hanging Field Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 130° SE
Patmos Garden (Park) — 2.1 mi, 150° SSE
Hippodrome Theatre (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 149° SSE
Dobroyd Castle (Castle) — 2.3 mi, 166° SSE
Gorple Upper Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 002° N
Shoebroad Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 159° SSE
The Astronomy Centre (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 213° SSW
Great Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 105° ESE
Cant Clough Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 327° NNW
Thieveley Lead Mine 330M South West And 910M Wsw Of Buckleys (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 275° W
White Mires (Wetland) — 3.1 mi, 054° NE
Weir War Memorial (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 264° W
Gibson Mill (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 064° ENE
Hawthorn Road (Park) — 4.0 mi, 226° SW
Walshaw Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.0 mi, 057° ENE
Slack Bottom Standing Stone (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 077° ENE
Heptonstall Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 084° E
Hebden Bridge Picture House (Cinema) — 4.4 mi, 092° E
Towneley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.6 mi, 300° WNW · 129 ha
Museum of Local Crafts & Industries (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 298° WNW

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