Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Leeds · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Knowsthorpe, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Knowsthorpe 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.
| Place | Knowsthorpe |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Leeds |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.784019 |
| Longitude | -1.515277 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Knowsthorpe hums with a quiet persistence, a suburban breath drawn from the wider lungs of West Yorkshire. It lies 3.0 km south-east of Leeds (from Leeds: bearing 129°T, OS grid SE 320 320). The air here, when the breeze carries it from the west, can sometimes hold the faint, mineral tang of the Aire valley, a ghost of industry long past. Residential streets unfurl like quiet tributaries, their gardens a patchwork of greens in the soft, diffused light that often graces this part of England. Though no ancient castle looms, the sturdy brickwork of its houses, built in eras of ambition and growth, speaks of a grounding in practicality. Children’s laughter, a bright, ephemeral sound, often drifts across the communal green spaces, a gentle counterpoint to the murmur of traffic on the arterial roads that connect Knowsthorpe to its larger neighbour.
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Explore Knowsthorpe, 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: 53.784019, -1.515277. 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 | June 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. |