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Thwaite Gate West Yorkshire Map

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

Explore Thwaite Gate, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thwaite Gate 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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PlaceThwaite Gate
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughLeeds
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.778678
Longitude-1.519102
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Thwaite Gate

Thwaite Gate marks a distinct transition where the industrial grit of urban West Yorkshire meets the persistent, slow-moving passage of the Aire valley. It lies 2.0 miles south-east of Leeds (from Leeds: bearing 140°T, OS grid SE 317 314). The horizon here is dominated by the weight of manufacturing history, where brickwork and iron recall a time when the canal trade dictated the pulse of the neighbourhood. To the east, the Knostrop Cut flows with a quiet, heavy purpose, reflecting a grey sky that seems to press closer to the earth than it does in the open countryside. A lingering sense of the past survives in the scattered remnants of the Leeds and Wakefield Trust Toll House, standing as a weathered reminder of the routes once carved by horse and cart. Thwaite Gate maintains a grounded, functional character, unmoved by the frantic pace of the nearby city centre. The light here often catches the metallic sheen of the waterways, illuminating a landscape that finds its own beauty in the stark geometry of transport and trade. Time does not pass with ceremony in Thwaite Gate, but rather with the steady, rhythmic persistence of water moving towards the sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Knostrop Cut (River) — 0.2 mi, 084° E
  • Leeds and Wakefield Trust Toll House (Historic Ruins) — 0.3 mi, 144° SE
  • Hunslet Carr Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 226° SW
  • Hunslet Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.7 mi, 184° S · 4 ha
  • Hunslet Moor (Park) — 0.8 mi, 276° W
  • Mill Stream (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 104° ESE
  • Middleton Railway Museum (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 250° WSW
  • Leeds Museums Discovery Centre (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 325° NW
  • Clarence Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 330° NNW
  • Royal Armouries Tilt Yard (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 333° NNW
  • Brickfield Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 266° W
  • Royal Armouries (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 329° NNW
  • Tetley Triangle (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 317° NW
  • Northern Ballet (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 337° NNW
  • Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre (Theatre) — 1.4 mi, 337° NNW
  • Arthur Louis Aaron (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 333° NNW
  • Middleton Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.7 mi, 210° SSW
  • Lady Beck (River) — 1.7 mi, 346° NNW
  • Matthew Murray's Tomb (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 288° WNW
  • Middleton Park Shaft Mounds (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 209° SSW · 14 ha
  • Wagon Hoist Mini Musem (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 308° NW
  • Leeds City Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 324° NW
  • Windmill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 258° WSW
  • Brown Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.3 mi, 229° SW
  • Stank Hall Quasi-Manorial Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 232° SW · 2 ha
  • Rothwell Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 142° SE · 1 ha
  • The Emmerdale Studio Experience (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 310° NW
  • Rothwell Castle Ruins (Castle) — 2.5 mi, 143° SE
  • The Home Farm (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 080° E
  • Go Ape - Treetop Adventure (Theme Park) — 2.8 mi, 077° ENE

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About This Thwaite Gate Map Page

Explore Thwaite Gate, 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: 53.778678, -1.519102. 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.