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Linfit West Yorkshire Map

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

Explore Linfit, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Linfit 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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PlaceLinfit
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.621495
Longitude-1.688251
Place TypeHamlet

About Linfit

Linfit emerges from the rugged topography of the West Yorkshire hills as a quiet testament to the industrial persistence of the North. It lies 3.7 miles south of Mirfield (from Mirfield: bearing 175°T, OS grid SE 207 139), and is situated north-east of Kirkburton village. The landscape around Linfit carries the heavy, grey-limbed character of stone and coal, where the persistent moisture of the Pennine air clings to the dark gritstone walls. To the east, the steep rise of Linfit Hill catches the low, slanted light of winter afternoons, casting shadows that stretch long and sharp across the uneven fields. Below, the narrow channel of Beldon Brook carves a persistent path through the valley floor, its waters flowing with a cold, metallic clarity that reflects the moody sky. Residents of Linfit occupy a terrain shaped by centuries of textile labour, where the rhythm of the loom has long since faded into the silence of grazing sheep. Further west, the dense cover of Carr Wood provides a dark, tangled counterpoint to the open pastures, sheltering the land from the biting winds that sweep across the district. Such spaces retain an austere, unadorned beauty that demands a certain stoicism from those who dwell among the slopes.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Linfit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 064° ENE
  • Beldon Brook (River) — 0.8 mi, 282° WNW
  • School Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 209° SSW
  • Dean Bottom Dike (River) — 0.9 mi, 225° SW
  • Market Cross At Highburton (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 255° WSW
  • Highburton Cross (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 257° WSW
  • Dean Bottom (Valley) — 1.2 mi, 247° WSW
  • Carr Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.7 mi, 256° WSW
  • Fernside Park (Park) — 2.3 mi, 300° WNW
  • Cliffe Hill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 152° SSE
  • Standing Cross At Emley (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 104° ESE
  • Whitley Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 018° NNE
  • Emley Day Holes, 200M East Of Churchill Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 110° ESE · 2 ha
  • Skelmanthorpe Textile Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 141° SE
  • Ravensknowle Park (Park) — 3.1 mi, 300° WNW
  • Shepley Marsh (Wetland) — 3.1 mi, 203° SSW
  • National Coal Mining Museum (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 061° ENE
  • Tolson Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 300° WNW
  • Victoria Tower (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 271° W
  • Mirfield Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.6 mi, 003° N
  • Whistlestop Valley (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 118° ESE
  • Honley Station Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.9 mi, 258° WSW
  • Heritage Quay (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 293° WNW
  • Denby Grange Colliery Ponds Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.0 mi, 078° ENE · 18 ha
  • Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 004° N
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 013° NNE
  • The Lawrence Batley Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 294° WNW
  • Stony Cliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 073° ENE
  • Harold Wilson (Public Artwork) — 4.3 mi, 295° WNW
  • Southgate Theatre (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 253° WSW

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About This Linfit Map Page

Explore Linfit, 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: 53.621495, -1.688251. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.