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Upper Common West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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PlaceUpper Common
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughBradford
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.744012
Longitude-1.767024
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Upper Common

Upper Common reveals itself as a quiet, elevated shoulder of land where the industrial ambition of West Yorkshire meets a softer, more rhythmic sprawl of hillside fields. It lies 2.6 miles west-north-west of Cleckheaton (from Cleckheaton: bearing 303°T, OS grid SE 154 275), and is situated east-north-east of Norwood Green village. The incline of the terrain here catches the low, thin light of winter afternoons, casting long, austere shadows across the stone boundaries that divide the pastures. To the north-west, the rise of Delph Hill breaks the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the water-logged hollows and the quiet, reflective surface of Park Dam. The air in Upper Common carries a lingering memory of the soot and enterprise that once defined the valleys below, yet it now settles into a calm, residential stasis. Roads wind with a deliberate, stubborn geometry, tracing the contours of the earth rather than defying them. Below the higher ridges, the hidden course of Royds Hall Beck murmurs through the landscape, a thin vein of water that maintains the verdant health of the slopes. Upper Common remains a place of steady, understated transitions, where the hard edge of the county’s manufacturing past is slowly softened by the encroaching reach of the moorland breeze.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Delph Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 308° NW
  • Park Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 326° NW
  • Royds Hall Beck (River) — 0.7 mi, 257° WSW
  • Victoria Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 069° ENE
  • Harold Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 343° NNW
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 033° NNE
  • Toad Holes Beck (River) — 1.1 mi, 072° ENE
  • Woodhouse Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 041° NE
  • Slack Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 328° NNW
  • Toftshaw Bottom (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 062° ENE
  • Bowling Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.4 mi, 029° NNE · 20 ha
  • Anglian High Cross Fragment Known As Walton Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 2.7 mi, 149° SSE
  • Bolling Hall Museum (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 026° NNE
  • Horton Park Stone Tree Roots (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 353° N
  • Magna Via (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 240° WSW
  • Welcome to Brighouse (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 189° S
  • Cup and Saucer (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 070° ENE
  • Theatre In The Mill (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 359° N
  • Cubby Broccoli Cinema (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 008° N
  • Pictureville Cinema (Cinema) — 3.3 mi, 008° N
  • National Science and Media Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 008° N
  • Alhambra Theatre (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 007° N
  • Ventilation Chimney And Furnace House 260M South Of Park Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 248° WSW
  • Bradford Police Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 010° N
  • Impressions Gallery (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 008° N
  • Battle Of Adwalton Moor 1643 (Registered Battlefield) — 3.8 mi, 076° ENE · 108 ha
  • Anglo Saxon Cross Base (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 195° SSW
  • Oakwell Hall (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 094° E
  • Calderdale Industrial Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 248° WSW
  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 259° WSW

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About This Upper Common Map Page

Explore Upper Common, 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: 53.744012, -1.767024. 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.