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King Cross West Yorkshire Map

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

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

Interactive Map of King Cross, West Yorkshire

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

Latitude	53.715461
Longitude	-1.880549
Place Type	Suburban Area

About King Cross

King Cross serves as a robust gateway where the steep, industrial slopes of the Pennines meet the persistent pulse of West Yorkshire. It lies 1.0 miles west-south-west of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 239°T, OS grid SE 079 243). The landscape here is defined by the sharp incline of the valley, where stone-built terraces cling to the hillsides like barnacles on a ship's hull. Above the slate roofs, the distinctive silhouette of Wainhouse Tower rises into the grey sky, a Victorian eccentricity that casts a long, watchful shadow over the traffic-heavy junctions below. Residents often seek a quiet reprieve in the verdant corners of St Paul's Rest Garden, where the city noise fades into the rustle of leaves. King Cross retains a grit earned through decades of textile manufacturing and the steady hum of transport routes that have long funneled trade through the Calder Valley. The light here often catches the soot-stained gritstone, turning the buildings a soft, bruised purple as the sun slips behind the western moors. Such textures speak to a place that prioritises the practicalities of work and transit over the comforts of ornament.

Nearby Outdoor Places

St Paul's Rest Garden (Park) — 0.1 mi, 229° SW
Wainhouse Tower (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 202° SSW
People's Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 053° NE
Peoples Park, Halifax (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 0.5 mi, 053° NE · 5 ha
Thorp Fountain (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 119° ESE
Lister Lane Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.6 mi, 034° NE · 1 ha
Halifax Playhouse (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 056° NE
The Gibbet Platform (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 047° NE
The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 135° SE
Kirkham Turn (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 244° WSW
Albert Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 337° NNW
Halifax Victoria Theatre (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 063° ENE
Warley Clough (Valley) — 1.0 mi, 278° W
Sowerby Cut (River) — 1.0 mi, 166° SSE
Vue Halifax (Cinema) — 1.0 mi, 051° NE
Mill Gas Plant, Shaw Lodge Mills (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 100° E
Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 073° ENE
The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 065° ENE
Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 065° ENE
Edward Akroyd (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 036° NE
Warley Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 282° WNW
Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 031° NNE
Bankfield Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 031° NNE
Beacon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 073° ENE
Stormer Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 215° SW
Ovenden Brook (River) — 1.5 mi, 014° NNE
North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.7 mi, 150° SSE
Ventilation Chimney And Furnace House 260M South Of Park Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 065° ENE
Ramsden Wood Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 323° NW
Ladstone Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 222° SW

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