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St Johns West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for St Johns, 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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PlaceSt Johns
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughWakefield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.685900
Longitude-1.507486
Place TypeSuburban Area

About St Johns

St Johns remains a refined architectural enclave defined by its late eighteenth-century grid of elegant, Georgian-style townhouses. It lies 0.4 miles west-north-west of Wakefield (from Wakefield: bearing 292°T, OS grid SE 326 211). The neighbourhood retains a sense of poise, with its central square offering a quiet respite from the hum of the surrounding district. Residents often find the soft, grey light of Yorkshire mornings filters beautifully through the tall, sash-windowed facades that give St Johns its distinct, classical character. A short walk leads to the open expanse of Balne Lane Fields, where the land dips gently towards the slow, winding path of Balne Beck. This modest watercourse mirrors the shifting sky, providing a natural boundary that separates the formal order of the streets from the wider landscape. Beyond the immediate residential rows, the proximity to the town centre invites a seamless transition from private heritage to public life. St Johns preserves an air of enduring composure, where the legacy of its planned origins persists in the symmetry of the brickwork and the orderly calm of its thoroughfares.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Balne Lane Fields (Park) — 0.2 mi, 301° WNW
  • Balne Beck (River) — 0.2 mi, 285° WNW
  • Wakefield Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 130° SE
  • St Austin's Theatre (Theatre) — 0.2 mi, 072° ENE
  • Coronation Gardens (Park) — 0.3 mi, 105° ESE
  • Theatre Royal Wakefield (Theatre) — 0.3 mi, 142° SE
  • Westgate Beck (River) — 0.4 mi, 181° S
  • Trinity Walk Sculptural Column (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 107° ESE
  • West Yorkshire History Centre (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Lowe Hill Motte And Bailey Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 174° S · 1 ha
  • Snow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 345° NNW
  • Wakefield Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 130° SE
  • Mental Health Muesum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 036° NE
  • Park Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 110° ESE
  • Old Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 127° SE
  • Fall Ings Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 132° SE
  • Lofthouse Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 003° N
  • Thornes Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 194° SSW
  • Dame Mary Bolles Water Tower (Historic Ruins) — 1.8 mi, 115° ESE
  • Sandal Castle: Motte And Bailey Castle And Shell Keep Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 158° SSE · 3 ha
  • Sandal Castle (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 160° SSE
  • Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 281° WNW
  • Holme Leas Clough (Valley) — 3.4 mi, 273° W
  • Mission Out (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 330° NNW
  • Long Bank Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.9 mi, 169° S
  • Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.0 mi, 141° SE · 105 ha
  • Soothill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.2 mi, 301° WNW
  • Seckar Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 180° S · 48 ha
  • Rothwell Castle Ruins (Castle) — 4.6 mi, 013° NNE
  • Denby Grange Colliery Ponds Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.0 mi, 223° SW · 18 ha

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About This St Johns Map Page

Explore St Johns, 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: 53.685900, -1.507486. 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.