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Lingards Wood West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceLingards Wood
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.611598
Longitude-1.905388
Place TypeVillage

About Lingards Wood

Lingards Wood occupies a high, windswept ridge where the hard gritstone of the Pennines meets the shifting light of the West Yorkshire sky. It lies 2.6 miles west-north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 301°T, OS grid SE 063 127), and is situated west-north-west of Holt Head village. The air here carries a bracing sharpness, untempered by the shelter of lower ground, and the persistent wind scours the exposed slopes into a rugged, austere beauty. To the west, the deep indentation of Booth Gate Clough cuts into the moorland, creating a dark, sheltered hollow that contrasts with the bleak openness of the surrounding heights. Lingards Wood maintains a stoic presence above these troughs, its character forged by the proximity of the historic ruins of Nathans, which stand as silent, weathered remnants of a more arduous pastoral past. The horizon remains dominated by the dark, brooding mass of Cop Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the landscape as the sun wanes. These hills act as a natural bulwark, defining the boundaries of a terrain that demands resilience from everything—stone, plant, or inhabitant—that dares to endure upon its surface.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Nathans (Historic Ruins) — 0.2 mi, 123° ESE
  • Booth Gate Clough (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 292° WNW
  • Sparth Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 247° WSW
  • Burnt Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 164° SSE
  • Cop Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 325° NW
  • Mary's Rest Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 076° ENE
  • Deer Hill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 148° SSE
  • The Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 222° SW
  • Bradley Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 092° E
  • Marsden Moor Estate Exhibition (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 239° WSW
  • Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 251° WSW
  • Muddy Brook (River) — 1.7 mi, 157° SSE
  • Park Clough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 264° W
  • The Tree Planter statue (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 339° NNW
  • Cupwith Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 291° WNW
  • Close Gate Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 258° WSW
  • Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement On Oldfield Hill, 340M West Of Wentworth Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 138° SE
  • Snow Stone (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 238° WSW
  • Hey Sike Head Marsh (Wetland) — 2.4 mi, 177° S
  • Scammonden Stanza Stones (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 349° N
  • Woodhead Fold Gardens (Park) — 2.7 mi, 119° ESE
  • Huddersfield Observatory (Viewpoint) — 2.7 mi, 076° ENE
  • Colne Valley Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 047° NE
  • Meg Dike Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 3.0 mi, 345° NNW · 1 ha
  • Standedge Road Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 233° SW · 4 ha
  • Longwood Tower (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 052° NE
  • Longwood Outdoor Auditorium (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 052° NE
  • Beaumont Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.1 mi, 081° E · 8 ha
  • Shaw Castle (Castle) — 4.5 mi, 020° NNE
  • Southgate Theatre (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 097° E

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About This Lingards Wood Map Page

Explore Lingards Wood, 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: 53.611598, -1.905388. 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.