(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Low Common, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Low Common 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 | Low Common |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.675759 |
| Longitude | -1.557695 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Low Common exists as a quiet corner of West Yorkshire, its character shaped by the gentle spread of suburban life. It lies 1.6 km east-south-east of Ossett (from Ossett: bearing 108°T, OS grid SE 293 200). The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil, a reminder of the agricultural lands that once dominated this landscape before the steady advance of housing. A subtle grace can be observed in the way the late afternoon sun catches the dew on meticulously kept lawns, lending a fleeting, almost ethereal shimmer to the scene. Though devoid of grand historical monuments, Low Common’s essence is woven into the everyday, in the quiet hum of traffic on its arterial roads and the shared familiarity of its residential streets. The modest gardens, each a small testament to individual care, contribute to a collective visual harmony, a quiet celebration of domestic order.
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Explore Low Common, 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: 53.675759, -1.557695. 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. |