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Highroad Well West Yorkshire Map

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

Explore Highroad Well, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Highroad Well 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.

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PlaceHighroad Well
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.723307
Longitude-1.899001
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Highroad Well

Highroad Well commands a rugged prominence above the Calder valley, where the heavy, soot-stained gritstone of West Yorkshire architecture meets the relentless, shifting light of the Pennine sky. It lies 1.6 miles west of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 271°T, OS grid SE 067 252), and is situated east-north-east of Warley Town village. The air here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often filtered through the damp mists that roll off the high moorland ridges. To the south, the deep, shadowed fissures of Warley Clough carve a jagged path through the land, reminding residents of the slow, grinding geological patience that shaped this terrain. Highroad Well functions as a quiet transition between the dense, industrial ambition of Halifax and the more solitary, wind-scoured reaches of the plateau. A short walk away, the still surface of Albert Reservoir reflects the low, grey clouds, acting as a dark mirror to the industrious chimneys and terraced rows that once defined the local economy. The streets of Highroad Well maintain a functional, unadorned character, built by those who measured their lives in the rhythmic pulse of looms and the steady, cold endurance of the northern climate. Each house stands with a stubborn, squared-off posture, as if bracing against the gusts that frequent this elevated, open corner of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • West View Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 139° SE
  • Warley Clough (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 208° SSW
  • Albert Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 053° NE
  • Roils Head Playing Fields (Park) — 0.6 mi, 311° NW
  • Warley Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 249° WSW
  • Tower Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 305° NW
  • Kirkham Turn (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 182° S
  • Jack of the Locks (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 194° SSW
  • Wainhouse Tower (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 139° SE
  • Lister Lane Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 093° E · 1 ha
  • Peoples Park, Halifax (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.2 mi, 102° ESE · 5 ha
  • Page Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 013° NNE
  • Ramsden Wood Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 335° NNW
  • Halifax Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 097° E
  • Ovenden Brook (River) — 1.4 mi, 050° NE
  • The Gibbet Platform (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 090° E
  • Halifax Victoria Theatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 095° E
  • Vue Halifax (Cinema) — 1.6 mi, 086° E
  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 067° ENE
  • Edward Akroyd (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 072° ENE
  • Bankfield Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 066° ENE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 093° E
  • The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 130° SE
  • Sowerby Cut (River) — 1.8 mi, 146° SSE
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 097° E
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 092° E
  • Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 160M West Of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 331° NNW
  • Mill Gas Plant, Shaw Lodge Mills (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 112° ESE
  • Sowerby Castle (Castle) — 2.1 mi, 235° SW
  • Ladstone Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 200° SSW

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About This Highroad Well Map Page

Explore Highroad Well, 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: 53.723307, -1.899001. 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.