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Hightown Heights West Yorkshire Map

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

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Place	Hightown Heights
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Kirklees
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.715147
Longitude	-1.734864
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Hightown Heights

Hightown Heights commands the elevated topography of the Kirklees district, where the heavy, soot-stained legacy of industrial Yorkshire meets a stubborn, verdant persistence. It lies 1.0 miles west-south-west of Cleckheaton (from Cleckheaton: bearing 237°T, OS grid SE 175 243). The horizon here is dominated by the broad, brooding silhouette of Hartshead Moor Top, a landmark that seems to gather the restless clouds of the Pennines into its own quiet gravity. Below these heights, the land drains into the modest, winding paths of Oldfield Beck, which carves a narrow, silver seam through the lower fields. History leaves its mark in fragments, most notably the Anglian High Cross known as Walton Cross, which stands as a lonely, weathered sentinel of stone just a short walk to the south-south-east. The architecture of Hightown Heights reflects a utilitarian past, defined by the sturdy, gritstone dwellings that have weathered countless seasons of biting northern wind. Light shifts rapidly across these slopes, catching the slate roofs in a pale, transient glow before retreating into the deep shadows of the Spen Valley. Life in Hightown Heights hums with a subdued, industrious rhythm, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger centres that anchor the region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Anglian High Cross Fragment Known As Walton Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 169° SSE
Oldfield Beck (River) — 0.6 mi, 047° NE
Blacup Beck (River) — 0.6 mi, 051° NE
West End Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 027° NNE
Hartshead Moor Top (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 301° WNW
King Edward VII Memorial Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 063° ENE
Spen Valley Bottoms (Valley) — 1.4 mi, 062° ENE
Kirklees Priory, Medieval Nunnery (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 181° S
Kirklees Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.5 mi, 183° S · 90 ha
Smithy Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 132° SE
Kirklees Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 201° SSW
Castle Hill Univallate Defended Settlement, Kirklees Park (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 183° S · 1 ha
Welcome to Brighouse (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 245° WSW
Dumb Steeple (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 176° S
Cooper Bridge Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 180° S
Battye Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 168° SSE
Fiddlehead and Fernblades (Public Artwork) — 2.9 mi, 055° NE
Anglo Saxon Cross Base (Historic Ruins) — 2.9 mi, 234° SW
Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.0 mi, 120° ESE
Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 056° ENE
Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 138° SE
Battle Of Adwalton Moor 1643 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.8 mi, 040° NE · 108 ha
Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 131° SE
Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 076° ENE
Elland Bypass Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 234° SW · 1 ha
Birkby Brow Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.4 mi, 073° ENE
Bolling Hall Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 358° N
Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 107° ESE
The Rex Cinema (Cinema) — 4.7 mi, 244° WSW
Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 274° W

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