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Lower Popeley West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceLower Popeley
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.713211
Longitude-1.678438
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Lower Popeley

Lower Popeley rises upon the steady, sloped terrain of West Yorkshire, where the horizon catches the grey, pearlescent light common to the Pennine fringe. It lies 0.5 miles north-north-west of Heckmondwike (from Heckmondwike: bearing 339°T, OS grid SE 213 241). Stone houses here hold the chill of the morning, their gritstone walls absorbing the damp air that drifts in from the distant, hidden curves of Tanhouse Beck. The industrial legacy of the district persists in the layout of the streets, which follow the practical, no-nonsense lines established by the textile trade. A quiet stillness often descends upon the local lanes, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of crows circling above the rooftops. Residents occasionally walk toward the nearby expanse of The Green, where the grass wears a muted, winter-worn emerald hue that shifts under the passage of clouds. Lower Popeley retains a certain stubborn character, defined by the persistence of its heavy, solid architecture against the expansive, open skies of the north. This small corner of the Kirklees district remains a place where the soot of the past has long since weathered into a somber, dignified patina.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 327° NNW
  • The Green (Park) — 0.4 mi, 161° SSE
  • Tanhouse Beck (River) — 0.6 mi, 242° WSW
  • Royds Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 295° WNW
  • Spen River (River) — 1.2 mi, 301° WNW
  • Spen Valley Bottoms (Valley) — 1.3 mi, 307° NW
  • Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.4 mi, 168° SSE
  • Smithy Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 231° SW
  • Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 053° NE
  • Fiddlehead and Fernblades (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 001° N
  • Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 008° N
  • Anglian High Cross Fragment Known As Walton Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 264° W
  • Dewsbury Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.3 mi, 148° SSE · 8 ha
  • Castle Hall Hill Motte And Bailey Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 182° S
  • Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 182° S
  • Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 121° ESE
  • Birkby Brow Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 053° NE
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 167° SSE
  • Kirklees Priory, Medieval Nunnery (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 241° WSW
  • New Cut Top (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 155° SSE
  • Greenwood Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 171° S
  • Dewsbury Flood Relief Channel (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 144° SE
  • Dumb Steeple (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 229° SW
  • Battle Of Adwalton Moor 1643 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.0 mi, 002° N · 108 ha
  • Cup and Saucer (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 343° NNW
  • Soothill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 086° E
  • Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 108° ESE
  • Morley Hole (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 049° NE
  • Fulneck Moravian Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 006° N
  • Bolling Hall Museum (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 331° NNW

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About This Lower Popeley Map Page

Explore Lower Popeley, 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: 53.713211, -1.678438. 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.