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Shaw Cross West Yorkshire Map

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

Explore Shaw Cross, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shaw Cross 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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Place	Shaw Cross
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Kirklees
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.700848
Longitude	-1.602055
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Shaw Cross

Shaw Cross holds the quiet, industrial gravity of West Yorkshire, where the stone reflects the slate-grey moods of the northern sky. It lies 1.2 miles east-north-east of Dewsbury (from Dewsbury: bearing 59°T, OS grid SE 263 227). The land here carries the memory of coal seams and deep-rooted labour, though the horizon now opens into the softer, green reaches of the Kirklees district. A short distance away, the ancient, singular presence of the Gawthorpe Maypole marks a lingering connection to rhythms that predate the modern commute. Residents often look towards the nearby Holme Leas Clough, where the valley floor catches the low, pale light of late afternoon in a way that turns common grass into something burnished and precious. This landscape does not shout its history but keeps it buried, like a coin pressed into a palm, beneath the weight of quiet residential streets. Shaw Cross remains a place of steady transition, caught between the echoes of its mining heritage and the persistent, encroaching pull of the surrounding countryside. Every brick and path bears the mark of a century’s toil, yet the air remains crisp, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling breath of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 0.7 mi, 123° ESE
Caulms Wood Recreation Ground (Park) — 0.9 mi, 246° WSW
Holme Leas Clough (Valley) — 0.9 mi, 152° SSE
Batley Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 280° W
Green Hill Beck (River) — 1.0 mi, 300° WNW
Soothill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 015° NNE
Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 256° WSW
Batley Memorial Park (Park) — 1.5 mi, 304° WNW
Lodge Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 116° ESE
Bag Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 031° NNE
Howley Hall; A 16Th Century Country House And Gardens (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 343° NNW · 5 ha
The Great War Memorial (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 303° WNW
Jude's Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 046° NE
Dewsbury Flood Relief Channel (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 229° SW
Ardsley Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 054° NE
Dewsbury Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.2 mi, 241° WSW · 8 ha
Thornhill Hall Moat And Sites Of Formal Gardens And Bowling Green, And Remnant Of Pre-Seventeenth Century Open-Field System (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 190° S · 2 ha
Birkby Brow Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 333° NNW
Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 317° NW
Ossett Spa (Historic Ruins) — 2.9 mi, 137° SE
Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.9 mi, 260° W
Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 240° WSW
Mission Out (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 041° NE
Morley Hole (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 357° N
Castle Hall Hill Motte And Bailey Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 3.5 mi, 246° WSW
Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 313° NW
Lofthouse Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 084° E
National Coal Mining Museum (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 190° S
Wakefield Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 106° ESE
St Austin's Theatre (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 103° ESE

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