Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Bradford · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Leaventhorpe, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Leaventhorpe 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 | Leaventhorpe |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Bradford |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.792881 |
| Longitude | -1.820369 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Leaventhorpe stretches across the rugged gritstone shoulders of West Yorkshire, where the horizon remains fractured by the persistent, low-slung clouds of the Pennine fringe. It lies 2.7 miles west of Bradford (from Bradford: bearing 273°T, OS grid SE 119 329), and is situated east of Thornton village. The landscape here earns its character from the Pitty Beck, which cuts a narrow, shadowed vein through the terrain just to the west, its waters humming with the persistent gravity of the uplands. As the afternoon light shifts, the slopes of Broom Hill catch a pale, silver glow that seems to pull the surrounding houses into a sharper, more deliberate focus. Leaventhorpe maintains an identity defined by this transition between the industrial stone of the city and the encroaching wildness of the moors. Beneath the surface, the earth retains the quiet memory of coal seams and textile legacy, though now the pace of life follows the slow, rhythmic expansion of suburban life. Residents often walk the paths near the cooling, still waters of Chellow Dene Reservoir, where the air grows sharp and clear against the skin. Through the changing seasons, the wind sweeps across these open ridges with an uncompromising honesty that strips away all but the most essential truths of the land.
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Explore Leaventhorpe, 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: 53.792881, -1.820369. 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. |