Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Walpole, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Walpole 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.
| Place | Walpole |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.632436 |
| Longitude | -1.809572 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Walpole's gentle slopes, where the light often falls in a luminous, almost ethereal wash, offer a quiet counterpoint to the bustling heart of West Yorkshire. It lies 2.2 km south-west of Huddersfield (from Huddersfield: bearing 234°T, OS grid SE 126 151), and is situated north of Netherton village. The residential streets of Walpole unfold with a sense of settled domesticity, interspersed with pockets of greenery that catch the afternoon sun. This is a place where the echoes of industrial heritage, though softened by time, still hum beneath the surface, a reminder of the mills that once powered the region. Local shops, their windows displaying a familiar array of goods, lend a steady rhythm to the everyday, a comforting presence against the broader Yorkshire sky.
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Explore Walpole, 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: 53.632436, -1.809572. 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 | June 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. |