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Prince Royd West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlacePrince Royd
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.663058
Longitude-1.814898
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Prince Royd

Prince Royd marks a quiet elevation in the Kirklees district, where the land begins to shed the industrial heaviness of the valley floors. It lies 1.7 miles south-south-east of Elland (from Elland: bearing 149°T, OS grid SE 123 185), and is situated south of Elland Upper Edge village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular persistence, catching the low-angled northern light that emphasises the coarse texture of the gritstone walls. To the east, the waters of Grimescar Dike trace a subtle, hidden rhythm through the landscape, feeding the quietude that defines the local atmosphere. The horizon is dominated by the long, shadow-casting spine of Fixby Ridge, which acts as a permanent, silent guardian over the domestic fringes of Prince Royd. Above the rooftops, the sky feels expansive and unburdened, reflecting the transition from the dense, brick-built history of the region to a more open, windswept character. Residents often walk the paths where the air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a sensory reminder of the geography that shifts so abruptly from the lowlands to these higher, more austere reaches. Each season alters the colour of the surrounding slopes, washing the fields in either a muted, winter-grey or the sudden, startling greens of a Yorkshire spring.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Grimscar Roman Tilery (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 063° ENE
  • Grimescar Dike (River) — 0.7 mi, 083° E
  • Fixby Ridge (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 011° N
  • Kew Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 305° NW
  • Haigh Cross (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 281° W
  • Elland Bypass Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 348° NNW · 1 ha
  • Kew Hill Bottom (Valley) — 1.1 mi, 299° WNW
  • Fartown War Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 094° E
  • Norman Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 097° E
  • Hawkyard Mink Farm (Historic Ruins) — 1.2 mi, 351° N
  • Greenhead Park (Park) — 1.3 mi, 141° SE
  • Longwood Tower (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 209° SSW
  • Longwood Outdoor Auditorium (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 210° SSW
  • Hebble Beck (River) — 1.4 mi, 112° ESE
  • Compensation Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 241° WSW
  • Harold Wilson (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 129° SE
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 181° S
  • Longwood Reservoirs (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 239° WSW
  • The Rex Cinema (Cinema) — 1.8 mi, 328° NNW
  • The Lawrence Batley Theatre (Theatre) — 1.9 mi, 131° SE
  • Turn Bridge, Quay Street (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 123° ESE
  • Heritage Quay (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 131° SE
  • Anglian High Cross Fragment In The Churchyard Of St Matthew'S Church, Rastrick (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 028° NNE
  • Anglo Saxon Cross Base (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 026° NNE
  • Shaw Castle (Castle) — 2.3 mi, 288° WNW
  • Colne Valley Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 225° SW
  • Tolson Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 117° ESE
  • North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.8 mi, 319° NW
  • Beaumont Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.9 mi, 174° S · 8 ha
  • Huddersfield Observatory (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 201° SSW

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About This Prince Royd Map Page

Explore Prince Royd, 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: 53.663058, -1.814898. 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.