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Norton Tower West Yorkshire Map

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

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

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Norton Tower, West Yorkshire

How to Use This Norton Tower, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Norton Tower, West Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of West Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Norton Tower and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Norton Tower.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceNorton Tower
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.725142
Longitude-1.912076
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Norton Tower

Norton Tower commands a ridge in the Calderdale district, where the cool, grey light of West Yorkshire softens the hard edges of its stone-built architecture. It lies 1.7 miles north-east of Sowerby Bridge (from Sowerby Bridge: bearing 37°T, OS grid SE 058 254), and is situated north-north-east of Warley Town village. The terrain here rises sharply from the valley floor, leaving Norton Tower exposed to the bracing winds that sweep across the Pennine landscape. To the north, the elevated expanse of Tower Hill casts a long, late-afternoon shadow over the rooftops, grounding the domesticity of the houses in the rugged geology of the region. Residents often walk toward the open space of Roils Head Playing Fields, where the horizon broadens to reveal the vast, shifting skies of the north. The local stone, dark and weathered by centuries of damp air, holds a quiet gravity that anchors the suburban streets to the steep hillsides. Norton Tower maintains a functional character, defined by its steep gradients and a perspective that looks out over the industrial heritage of the Calder Valley. This high ground offers a vantage point where the transition from moorland to town becomes a crisp, visible reality.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Roils Head Playing Fields (Park) — 0.3 mi, 014° NNE
  • Warley Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 192° SSW
  • Tower Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 331° NNW
  • Warley Clough (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 149° SSE
  • West View Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 115° ESE
  • Albert Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 080° E
  • Ramsden Wood Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 001° N
  • Jack of the Locks (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 164° SSE
  • Kirkham Turn (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 154° SSE
  • Delf Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 001° N
  • Fender, Pool and Splice (Public Artwork) — 1.4 mi, 261° W
  • Wainhouse Tower (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 126° SE
  • Lister Lane Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.6 mi, 096° E · 1 ha
  • Enclosed Bronze Age Urnfield 160M West Of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 346° NNW
  • Peoples Park, Halifax (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.7 mi, 103° ESE · 5 ha
  • Castle Hill Motte Castle 270M North East Of Rosemary Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 220° SW
  • Ovenden Brook (River) — 1.8 mi, 064° ENE
  • Sowerby Castle (Castle) — 1.8 mi, 222° SW
  • The Gibbet Platform (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 093° E
  • Halifax Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.9 mi, 099° E
  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 076° ENE
  • Vue Halifax (Cinema) — 2.1 mi, 090° E
  • Halifax Victoria Theatre (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 097° E
  • Bankfield Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 076° ENE
  • Caty Well Brook (River) — 2.2 mi, 334° NNW
  • The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 124° ESE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 096° E
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 095° E
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 098° E
  • Ladstone Rock (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 187° S

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About This Norton Tower Map Page

Explore Norton Tower, 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: 53.725142, -1.912076. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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 builtOctober 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
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.