Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Leeds · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Lofthouse, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lofthouse 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 | Lofthouse |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Leeds |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.730717 |
| Longitude | -1.497155 |
| Place Type | Village |
Lofthouse, a quiet parish in West Yorkshire, carries the gentle hum of a place settled into its landscape. It lies 2.4 km south-west of Rothwell (from Rothwell: bearing 215°T, OS grid SE 332 261), and is situated south-south-west of Carlton village. The fields around Lofthouse often hold a particular softness in their light, especially in the late afternoon, as if the very air has been filtered through years of quiet cultivation. Though no great abbey ruins mark its past, the modest stone of its older dwellings hints at a history of sturdy, enduring lives, each brick laid with a practical purpose. The lanes that wind through Lofthouse often feel like hushed conversations between the hedgerows and the sky, a subtle poetry in their meandering course. There's a groundedness here, a sense of roots that run deep, reflecting the patient work of generations on the land.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Lofthouse, 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: 53.730717, -1.497155. 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. |