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North Featherstone West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceNorth Featherstone
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughWakefield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.695099
Longitude-1.359942
Place TypeSuburban Area

About North Featherstone

North Featherstone retains the quiet, utilitarian dignity of the West Yorkshire coalfields, where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the land. It lies 1.4 miles north of Featherstone (from Featherstone: bearing 359°T, OS grid SE 423 222), and is situated east-north-east of Ackton village. The light here often catches the low, rolling contours of the fields, illuminating a landscape that has long been shaped by the industry of those who worked the seams beneath the topsoil. To the east, the expansive grounds of Pontefract Park offer a wide, verdant breath of air that contrasts sharply with the tighter, more domestic lanes found throughout North Featherstone. A gentle, cooling breeze frequently drifts from the direction of Mickle Hill, carrying the scent of damp earth and the changing seasons across the rooftops. The proximity of such elevated ground provides a vantage point where the smoke of old chimneys has faded, leaving behind a clear, sharp view of the surrounding industrial heritage. Residents often walk the paths towards the nearby Strawberry Hill, where the elevation allows the eye to trace the slow, deliberate lines of the local topography. Such geography serves as a reminder of the physical persistence required of those who inhabit these northern reaches.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Strawberry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 137° SE
  • Featherstone Memorial Gardens (Park) — 1.1 mi, 174° S
  • Pontefract Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 071° ENE
  • Mickle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 013° NNE
  • Sewerbridge Beck (River) — 1.2 mi, 260° W
  • Wain Dike Beck (River) — 1.4 mi, 287° WNW
  • Diggerland Yorkshire (Theme Park) — 1.9 mi, 329° NNW
  • Roman Bath House, Castleford (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 007° N
  • Castleford Forum Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 010° N
  • Gascoigne Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 089° E
  • Wooden Faces (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 081° E
  • Pontefract Castle (Castle) — 2.3 mi, 089° E
  • Swillington Tower (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 088° E
  • Pontefract Castle: Part Of Late Saxon Cemetery And Town Ditch, Norman Motte And Bailey Castle And Later Medieval Enclosure Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 091° E · 3 ha
  • Fairies Hill Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 311° NW
  • St John'S Priory (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 086° E · 3 ha
  • The Oxbow Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 353° N
  • Castleford Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 010° N
  • Nostell Priory (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.0 mi, 197° SSW · 180 ha
  • Nostell Brickyard Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.4 mi, 200° SSW · 11 ha
  • Mickletown Ings Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.5 mi, 340° NNW · 38 ha
  • BE1150 Dragline (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 340° NNW
  • Horselock Dale (Valley) — 4.5 mi, 021° NNE
  • Long Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 4.9 mi, 111° ESE
  • Thorp Marsh (Wetland) — 4.9 mi, 131° SE
  • Hemsworth Marsh (Wetland) — 5.0 mi, 171° S
  • Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.2 mi, 224° SW · 105 ha
  • Hundred Acre Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 5.5 mi, 021° NNE
  • Mental Health Muesum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 272° W
  • West Yorkshire History Centre (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 259° W

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About This North Featherstone Map Page

Explore North Featherstone, 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: 53.695099, -1.359942. 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.