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Thwaites Brow West Yorkshire Map

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

Explore Thwaites Brow, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thwaites Brow 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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PlaceThwaites Brow
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughBradford
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.862626
Longitude-1.885408
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Thwaites Brow

Thwaites Brow commands a high, rugged vantage point above the valley, where the air thins and sharpens against the gritstone edges of the Pennines. It lies 1.0 miles east-south-east of Keighley (from Keighley: bearing 109°T, OS grid SE 076 407). This steep incline allows Thwaites Brow to oversee the confluence of the landscape, peering down toward the River Worth as it carves its dark, cold passage through the basin below. The terrain here falls within the Bradford Pennine Gateway, a sprawling expanse that grants the earth a wild, unmanicured breathing space amidst the encroaching shadows of industrial memory. To the west, the deep, shadowed creases of Hog Holes Clough slice into the hillside, acting as a natural drain for the relentless moorland rains. The light in Thwaites Brow possesses a brittle clarity, often catching the grey stone of the older dwellings and turning them the colour of a winter thrush’s wing. Residents look out over a panorama where the horizon is defined by the heavy, rolling weight of the hills rather than the sprawl of the valley floor. History here is written in the stubborn permanence of the rock, a place where the wind carries the restless energy of the heights down into the quiet, terraced streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bradford Pennine Gateway (National Nature Reserve)locality lies within · 13k acres
  • Keighley Bus Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 313° NW
  • Hog Holes Clough (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 238° WSW
  • River Worth (River) — 0.6 mi, 331° NNW
  • Race Course Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 147° SSE
  • Victoria Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 324° NW
  • Race Course Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 144° SE
  • East Riddlesden Hall (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 011° N
  • Hutler Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 096° E
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 250° WSW
  • Druids Altar (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 117° ESE
  • James Wyld Foundation Stone (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 295° WNW
  • Keighley Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.1 mi, 288° WNW
  • Devonshire Park (Park) — 1.2 mi, 299° WNW
  • Lady Blantyre's Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.2 mi, 149° SSE
  • Museum of Rail Travel (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 246° WSW
  • Carved Rock On Bank Of How Beck, East Of Path From West Morton To Riddlesden And 440M South West Of Barn House Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 034° NNE
  • Ring Cairn 310M North Of Woodhead On Harden Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 181° S
  • Cairn 290M North Of Woodhead On Harden Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 180° S
  • Ingrow Loco Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 244° WSW
  • Coppice Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 143° SE
  • Cliffe Castle (Museum) — 1.4 mi, 307° NW
  • St Ives Estate (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 140° SE
  • Kettlewell Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 123° ESE
  • Morton Beck (River) — 1.7 mi, 070° ENE
  • Utley Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.7 mi, 318° NW · 4 ha
  • Bingley Five Rise Locks (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 103° ESE
  • Ferrand's Folly (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 149° SSE
  • Goitstock Waterfall (Waterfall) — 2.5 mi, 178° S
  • Cottingley Wood Estate (Forest / Woodland) — 2.6 mi, 137° SE

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About This Thwaites Brow Map Page

Explore Thwaites Brow, 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: 53.862626, -1.885408. 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.