Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Calderdale · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Ovenden Wood, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ovenden Wood 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 | Ovenden Wood |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Calderdale |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.736117 |
| Longitude | -1.901957 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ovenden Wood emerges from the Calderdale landscape as a collection of dwellings and purposeful structures. It lies 3.1 km west-north-west of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 298°T, OS grid SE 065 266), and is situated east-south-east of Mount Tabor village. The land here, a gentle incline towards the north, is often bathed in a soft, diffused light, the kind that seems to lend even the humblest roadside a certain gravitas. A faint echo of its industrial past might be perceived in the sturdy, unadorned stone of older buildings, a testament to the practical spirit that shaped Ovenden Wood. The air, particularly after a rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, mingling with the distant murmur of traffic from the busier routes that skirt its edges. The rhythm of life in Ovenden Wood is not one of clamour, but a steady, measured pulse, attuned to the turn of the seasons and the quiet unfolding of days.
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Explore Ovenden Wood, 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: 53.736117, -1.901957. 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. |