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Scammonden West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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Place	Scammonden
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Kirklees
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.643337
Longitude	-1.933558
Place Type	Hamlet

About Scammonden

Scammonden commands the high, windswept ridges of the Pennines, where the horizon dissolves into a restless blur of heather and grey stone. It lies 4.3 miles south of Sowerby Bridge (from Sowerby Bridge: bearing 178°T, OS grid SE 044 163), and is situated east of Booth Wood village. The land here rises sharply toward the peak of Cow Gate Hill, offering a perspective where the sky feels heavy and immense against the modest dwellings below. Below these heights, the waters of Scammonden Water catch the shifting moods of the clouds, reflecting a silver light that changes by the minute. This landscape is defined by the austere beauty of the moors, where the earth is carved by deep, sudden channels like the nearby Stubbing Clough. Scammonden maintains a stoic character, shaped by the relentless wind and the endurance required to inhabit such an exposed, elevated terrain. The silence of the hills is broken only by the call of curlews or the distant, muffled hum of the motorway that cuts through the valley floor. In this place, the architecture of the natural world asserts itself with a gravity that leaves little room for artifice.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cow Gate Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.1 mi, 008° N
Bilberry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 229° SW
Stubbing Clough (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 135° SE
Scammonden Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 129° SE
The Tree Planter statue (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 125° SE
Black Burne Brook (River) — 0.6 mi, 194° SSW
Scammonden Stanza Stones (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 079° E
Deanhead Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 205° SSW
Meg Dike Late Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 027° NNE · 1 ha
Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 330° NNW
Ring Cairn Known As The Ring Of Stones On Ringstone Edge Moor, 800M South Of Upper Gosling Royd (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 001° N
Red Lane Dike (River) — 1.3 mi, 060° ENE
Bowl Barrow Known As Beacon Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 354° N
Cupwith Cottage (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 205° SSW
Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 185° S
Nathans (Historic Ruins) — 2.7 mi, 150° SSE
Marsden Moor Estate Exhibition (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 176° S
The Park (Park) — 3.0 mi, 172° S
Ladstone Rock (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 010° N
Colne Valley Museum (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 096° E
Lumb Fall (Waterfall) — 3.3 mi, 346° NNW
Shaw Park (Park) — 3.4 mi, 054° NE
Shaw Castle (Castle) — 3.4 mi, 052° NE
Snow Stone (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 193° SSW
Huddersfield Observatory (Viewpoint) — 4.1 mi, 112° ESE
Longwood Outdoor Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 087° E
Standedge Road Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.4 mi, 199° SSW · 4 ha
Sowerby Castle (Castle) — 4.4 mi, 356° N
North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.6 mi, 041° NE
Hey Sike Head Marsh (Wetland) — 4.8 mi, 164° SSE

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