Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Howden Clough, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Howden Clough 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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| Place | Howden Clough |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.736915 |
| Longitude | -1.641297 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Howden Clough marks a quiet intersection of West Yorkshire industry and the persistent, reclaiming reach of the natural world. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-west of Batley (from Batley: bearing 349°T, OS grid SE 237 267), and is situated south-south-west of Gildersome village. The land here slopes with a utilitarian grace, shaped by the historic coal workings that once pulled wealth from the dark seams beneath the soil. Today, the hum of modern transit corridors brushes against the quiet edges of the residential streets, where the light hits the brickwork in long, pale slants during the winter afternoons. A short walk to the south-east leads to the damp, mossy banks of Howden Clough Beck, where the water runs clear over gritstone, indifferent to the encroaching suburban sprawl. Nearby, the dense canopy of Birkby Brow Wood offers a sudden sanctuary of shadow, providing a necessary counterpoint to the open, wind-swept geography of the district. Howden Clough maintains a character defined by this transition, where the heavy legacy of carbon and iron softens into the greenery of a changing landscape. It remains a place where the sharp lines of the past are slowly blurred by the seasonal return of leaf and rain.
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Explore Howden Clough, 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: 53.736915, -1.641297. 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. |