Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Highfields, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Highfields 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Highfields, West Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Highfields |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.597697 |
| Longitude | -1.854696 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Highfields commands a rugged prominence where the firm, millstone grit of the Pennines begins its slow, uneven descent toward the valley floor. It lies 0.4 miles north-north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 337°T, OS grid SE 097 112). The light here possesses a particular clarity, often catching the grey stone of the dwellings before slipping away toward the distant, dark silhouette of Meltham Cop. Below the residential ridges, the waters of Meltham Dike move with a purposeful, cold haste, carving a narrow path through the earth that has long defined the local topography. The industrial ghosts of West Yorkshire linger in the solid, unadorned architecture, where the legacy of textile production remains etched into the very masonry of the older buildings. Residents often walk the paths leading toward the expansive Blackmoorfoot Reservoir, where the sky seems to widen and reflect the shifting moods of the moorland above. Highfields maintains a quiet, self-contained character, defined as much by the reach of the surrounding hills as by the industrious spirit of its past. Every gust of wind crossing the slopes carries the scent of damp heather and the faint, lingering memory of coal smoke.
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Explore Highfields, 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: 53.597697, -1.854696. 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 | August 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. |