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Thwaites West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceThwaites
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughBradford
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.867949
Longitude-1.887735
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Thwaites

Thwaites emerges from the rugged topography of the Aire Valley as a persistent witness to the industrial pulse of West Yorkshire. It lies 0.9 miles east of Keighley (from Keighley: bearing 88°T, OS grid SE 074 413). Cold, grey light often descends upon the stone-built rows here, casting long, sharp shadows that trace the history of the local textile trade against the hillside. Thwaites occupies a portion of the Bradford Pennine Gateway, where the wild, untamed spirit of the moors begins to soften into the structured grit of the valley floor. To the north, the stately silhouette of East Riddlesden Hall commands the landscape, its seventeenth-century gables standing in stark, quiet defiance of the modern transit routes nearby. The atmosphere carries a faint, metallic memory of the looms that once defined the rhythm of these streets, now replaced by a hushed, suburban stillness. Just a short distance to the northwest, the River Worth carves its path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the bruised purple hues of a Pennine sky at dusk. This landscape demands a certain fortitude from its inhabitants, as the wind sweeping down from the uplands strips away all pretense of decorative ease.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bradford Pennine Gateway (National Nature Reserve)locality lies within · 13k acres
  • River Worth (River) — 0.3 mi, 311° NW
  • Keighley Bus Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 266° W
  • Victoria Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 309° NW
  • East Riddlesden Hall (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 029° NNE
  • Hog Holes Clough (Valley) — 0.8 mi, 211° SSW
  • James Wyld Foundation Stone (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 276° W
  • Keighley Playhouse (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 267° W
  • Devonshire Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 283° WNW
  • 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) — 1.0 mi, 049° NE
  • Race Course Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 153° SSE
  • Race Course Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 150° SSE
  • Hutler Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 113° ESE
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 231° SW
  • Museum of Rail Travel (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 230° SW
  • Utley Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.4 mi, 311° NW · 4 ha
  • Cup And Groove Marked Rock Between East Morton And West Morton (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 062° ENE
  • Druids Altar (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 129° SE
  • Cup Marked Rock Adjacent To Wall Near Road From East Morton To West Morton (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 060° ENE
  • Ingrow Loco Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 229° SW
  • Lady Blantyre's Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 153° SSE
  • Morton Beck (River) — 1.7 mi, 083° E
  • Coppice Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 148° SSE
  • St Ives Estate (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 146° SE
  • Morton Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 062° ENE
  • Bingley Five Rise Locks (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 112° ESE
  • Dew Stone (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 359° N
  • Ferrand's Folly (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 152° SSE
  • Cottingley Wood Estate (Forest / Woodland) — 2.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Goitstock Waterfall (Waterfall) — 2.9 mi, 176° S

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About This Thwaites Map Page

Explore Thwaites, 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: 53.867949, -1.887735. 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.