Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Leeds · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Stanks, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Stanks 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stanks, 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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| Place | Stanks |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Leeds |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.815784 |
| Longitude | -1.439136 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Stanks occupies a modest expanse of the West Yorkshire landscape, where the hard edges of suburban development soften into the persistent, ancient memory of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Garforth (from Garforth: bearing 308°T, OS grid SE 370 356), and is situated south-south-west of Scholes village. The land here holds the quiet weight of industry, bearing witness to the ghosts of the Barnbow munitions works that once defined the horizon to the east. Residents often find themselves walking toward the subtle elevation of Limekiln Hill, where the evening light catches the chimney pots and renders them in shades of bruised copper and slate. A short distance away, the greenery of Mill Green offers a respite of managed wildness, providing a counterpoint to the orderly rows of houses that define the local topography. Stanks reveals its character not through grand monuments, but in the way the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant tarmac across the low-lying plots. Even the most ordinary street corner feels possessed of a singular gravity when the winter sun hangs low, stretching the shadows of Stanks across the pavement in long, ink-black fingers. Beneath the surface, the soil remains patient, keeping its secrets from the modern bustle that circles the periphery of this grounded, unassuming corner of the district.
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Explore Stanks, 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: 53.815784, -1.439136. 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 built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |