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New Close West Yorkshire Map

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

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

PlaceNew Close
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.623430
Longitude-1.909898
Place TypeHamlet

About New Close

New Close rests within the rolling West Yorkshire landscape, a place where the sky seems to stretch further and the quietude is profound. It lies 5.3 km north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 312°T, OS grid SE 060 141), and is situated north-north-west of Lingards Wood village. Here, the land falls away in gentle, verdant slopes, often touched by a soft, diffused light that lends a particular grace to the stone farmsteads scattered across its expanse. The air carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats within New Close. One might imagine the faint echo of footsteps from generations past, their lives woven into the very texture of the fields. The distant hum of the wider world is a mere whisper here, allowing for a deeper appreciation of the immediate, natural beauty.

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About This New Close Map Page

Explore New Close, 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: 53.623430, -1.909898. 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 builtJune 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.