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Skircoat Green West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Skircoat Green, 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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PlaceSkircoat Green
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughCalderdale
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.703048
Longitude-1.863059
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Skircoat Green

Skircoat Green retains the quiet gravity of a nineteenth-century suburb, where the architecture of modest stone villas reflects a transition from industrial prosperity to a more domestic stillness. It lies 1.4 miles south of Halifax (from Halifax: bearing 185°T, OS grid SE 091 229). The topography here tilts toward the valley, carrying the weight of a landscape shaped by the grit and ambition of the Calderdale woollen trade. Residents often walk the short distance to Manor Heath, where the formal gardens offer a sharp, cultivated contrast to the wilder, unkempt slopes of North Dean Wood nearby. The light in the late afternoon catches the hard edges of the local masonry, casting long, precise shadows that seem to anchor the houses firmly into the hillside. Skircoat Green possesses a singular, restrained elegance, defined not by grand monuments but by the enduring quality of its heavy, dark-grey stone. The proximity to the reservoir at Sowerby Cut adds a subtle moisture to the air, cooling the breeze that travels up from the river basin below. This balance of manicured parkland and rugged woodland gives the terrain a deliberate, composed character, distinct from the busier thoroughfares of the surrounding district.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Manor Heath (Park) — 0.3 mi, 358° N
  • The Jungle Experience (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 331° NNW
  • Sowerby Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 247° WSW
  • Savile Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 334° NNW
  • North Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.7 mi, 167° SSE
  • Kings Dean (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 160° SSE
  • Thorp Fountain (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 334° NNW
  • Mill Gas Plant, Shaw Lodge Mills (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 032° NNE
  • Stoney Royd Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.9 mi, 038° NE · 8 ha
  • Wainhouse Tower (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 309° NW
  • Peoples Park, Halifax (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.2 mi, 344° NNW · 5 ha
  • Eureka! The National Children's Museum (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 016° NNE
  • Halifax Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 353° N
  • Red Brick Auditorium (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 013° NNE
  • The Piece Hall (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 011° N
  • Milking Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 081° E
  • Law Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 053° NE
  • The Gibbet Platform (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 355° N
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 012° NNE
  • Vue Halifax (Cinema) — 1.5 mi, 004° N
  • Kirkham Turn (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 288° WNW
  • The Rex Cinema (Cinema) — 1.6 mi, 140° SE
  • Canker Dyke (River) — 1.7 mi, 131° SE
  • Ventilation Chimney And Furnace House 260M South Of Park Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 027° NNE
  • Edward Akroyd (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 000° N
  • Albert Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 328° NNW
  • Shibden Hall (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 029° NNE
  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 359° N
  • Bankfield Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 360° N
  • Shaw Castle (Castle) — 2.1 mi, 186° S

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About This Skircoat Green Map Page

Explore Skircoat Green, 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: 53.703048, -1.863059. 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.