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Sandhills West Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Sandhills, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sandhills, 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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PlaceSandhills
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughLeeds
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.843913
Longitude-1.438411
Place TypeVillage

About Sandhills

Sandhills breathes in the quiet expanse of West Yorkshire, where the sky seems to hold a particular, silvery weight above the open fields. It lies 4.1 miles north-north-west of Garforth (from Garforth: bearing 330°T, OS grid SE 370 387), and is situated north-north-west of Scholes village. The topography here rises with a modest, deliberate grace, finding its highest expression at Birkby Hill just to the west. Below these slopes, the gentle, winding path of Scarcroft Beck provides a steady, rhythmic pulse to the landscape, carving through the earth with a persistence that ignores the passage of human hours. Sandhills maintains an atmosphere of reserved composure, defined less by grand architecture than by the way the evening light catches the low stone walls bordering the lanes. Those who walk the perimeter of Sandhills often catch the scent of damp earth and turning leaves, a sensory reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have long shaped the character of this district. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, silent presence of the ancient hillfort at Barwick in Elmet, a reminder of the deep, lingering echoes of history that permeate the soil. Even as modernity touches the edges of the local landscape, Sandhills retains a stillness that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Birkby Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 298° WNW
  • Scarcroft Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 338° NNW
  • Hawthorn Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 237° WSW
  • Rake Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 129° SE
  • Mill Green (Park) — 1.6 mi, 203° SSW
  • Thorner Beck (River) — 1.7 mi, 024° NNE
  • Barwick In Elmet Large Univallate Hillfort And Motte And Bailey Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 111° ESE · 6 ha
  • Norwood Bottoms Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 032° NNE · 10 ha
  • The Gorge (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 268° W
  • Deserted Medieval Village Of Potterton (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 092° E · 3 ha
  • Roundhay Castle (Folly) (Castle) — 2.2 mi, 265° W
  • Hetchell Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 013° NNE · 15 ha
  • Upper Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 264° W
  • Roundhay Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.4 mi, 248° WSW · 222 ha
  • Length Of Linear Earthwork Known As The Ridge, Part Of The Aberford Dyke System, 560M East Of Potterton Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 102° ESE
  • Addyman Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 277° W
  • We Are Crossgates (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 191° S
  • Tropical World (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.7 mi, 265° W
  • T Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 056° ENE
  • Four Faces (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 051° NE
  • Wothersome Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 043° NE
  • Stone Nymph (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 051° NE
  • Bramham Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.2 mi, 058° ENE · 366 ha
  • Black Fen (Forest / Woodland) — 3.4 mi, 068° ENE
  • Go Ape - Treetop Adventure (Theme Park) — 3.9 mi, 189° S
  • Colton Medieval Village (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 185° S
  • Harewood House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 4.1 mi, 297° WNW · 610 ha
  • Inkwell (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 251° WSW
  • The Home Farm (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 191° S
  • Thackray Medical Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 233° SW

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About This Sandhills Map Page

Explore Sandhills, 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: 53.843913, -1.438411. 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.