Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Portobello, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Portobello 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Portobello, 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.
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| Place | Portobello |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.664501 |
| Longitude | -1.488666 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Portobello serves as a modest residential anchor within the Wakefield district, defined by the steady, utilitarian rhythm of West Yorkshire life. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of Wakefield (from Wakefield: bearing 164°T, OS grid SE 338 187), and is situated south-west of Heath village. The landscape here retains the quiet ghost of its industrial past, where the reclaimed earth of Walton Colliery Nature Park now invites a slow, wild reclamation of former pit workings. Beneath the pale, shifting skies of the north, the ground rises gently toward the silhouette of Sandal Castle, whose ruined keep stands as a silent sentinel over the valley floor. The light in Portobello often catches the brickwork of modest terraces, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the horizon as the afternoon wanes. Residents move through streets that feel anchored to the gravity of the surrounding hills, mindful of the proximity to the ancient earthworks of Castle Hill. Through these corridors of housing and green space, the air carries a faint, cool dampness rising from the nearby waterways, grounding the inhabitant in a geography of constant, subtle transition. Portobello remains a place where the modern pulse of the district meets the enduring, quiet weight of the northern terrain.
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Explore Portobello, 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: 53.664501, -1.488666. 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 | August 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. |