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Sawood West Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Sawood, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sawood, 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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PlaceSawood
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughBradford
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.801496
Longitude-1.927844
Place TypeHamlet

About Sawood

Sawood emerges from the rugged topography of West Yorkshire as a collection of resilient stone dwellings carved into the high, windswept moors. It lies 4.6 miles south of Keighley (from Keighley: bearing 189°T, OS grid SE 048 339), and is situated east-south-east of Oxenhope village. The sharp air here carries the scent of damp heather and peat, filtered through the steep, narrow depression of Dol Clough that borders the western edge of the dwellings. Water remains the primary architect of this terrain, with the steady, subterranean pulse of Foster Dike pulling moisture from the slopes toward the valley floor. To the east, the steep rise of Sentry Hill commands a view over the grey-slated roofs, grounding Sawood in a landscape defined by endurance rather than ornament. Light strikes the gritstone walls with a stark, northern clarity, revealing the weathered textures of an industrial past etched into the very masonry. This high-altitude existence demands a quiet fortitude from those who inhabit it, as the horizon remains dominated by the expansive, shifting moods of the moorland sky. Sawood maintains a singular, austere beauty, existing where the wild reach of the Pennines meets the quiet persistence of human labour.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Dol Clough (Valley) — 0.1 mi, 285° WNW
  • Sentry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 085° E
  • Foster Dike (River) — 0.3 mi, 275° W
  • Whinny Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 005° N
  • Stubden Conduit (River) — 0.4 mi, 143° SE
  • Leeming Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 291° WNW
  • Thornton Moor Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 151° SSE
  • Stubden Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 117° ESE
  • Mist Stone (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 230° SW
  • Millennium Green (Park) — 1.2 mi, 311° NW
  • Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement Known As Castle Stead Ring (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 010° N · 1 ha
  • Building Foundations (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 133° SE
  • Foster Park (Park) — 1.5 mi, 090° E
  • First and Second World War Memorial (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 090° E
  • Ogdens Tooth (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 163° SSE
  • Central Park, Haworth (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.1 mi, 334° NNW · 3 ha
  • Stone books (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 317° NW
  • Soil Henge (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 134° SE
  • Bronte Parsonage Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 330° NNW
  • Goitstock Waterfall (Waterfall) — 2.5 mi, 047° NE
  • Brontë Waterfalls (Waterfall) — 3.2 mi, 290° WNW
  • Brontë Falls (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 291° WNW
  • Ring Cairn 310M North Of Woodhead On Harden Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 030° NNE
  • Cairn 290M North Of Woodhead On Harden Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 031° NNE
  • South Pennine Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.7 mi, 206° SSW · 209k acres
  • Ingrow Loco Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 008° N
  • Museum of Rail Travel (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 009° N
  • Cuckoos Nest (Viewpoint) — 3.9 mi, 041° NE
  • Crimsworth Dean Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.0 mi, 241° WSW · 3 ha
  • Race Course Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 4.2 mi, 032° NNE

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About This Sawood Map Page

Explore Sawood, 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: 53.801496, -1.927844. 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.