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Woodend West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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Place	Woodend
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Leeds
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.752945
Longitude	-1.383617
Place Type	Village

About Woodend

Woodend remains a modest presence within the West Yorkshire landscape, defined by its quiet proximity to the industrial remnants of the coal-mining era. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Castleford (from Castleford: bearing 327°T, OS grid SE 407 286), and is situated south-south-east of Great Preston village. Low-lying fields and reclaimed land dominate the horizon, where the earth still holds the memory of deep-shaft extraction. To the west, the hulking silhouette of the BE1150 Dragline stands as a rusted sentinel, its iron frame casting a long, skeletal shadow over the grass as the afternoon light shifts. Water collects in the shallow basins nearby, where the still surface of Polo Pond reflects the grey, shifting clouds with a clarity that feels almost heavy. Woodend gains a subtle grace from these surrounding wetlands, where the reeds sway in unison with the cooling breeze. The ground here is rarely static, shaped by the slow, deliberate work of water and the long-departed machines that once defined the local economy. In the quiet hours, the landscape feels less like a remnant of industry and more like a space slowly returning to the patience of the natural world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

BE1150 Dragline (Attraction) — 0.5 mi, 275° W
Lapwing Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 058° ENE
Rainbow Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 054° NE
Polo Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 028° NNE
Sheffield Beck (River) — 0.6 mi, 072° ENE
Mickletown Ings Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.8 mi, 197° SSW · 38 ha
Preston Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 335° NNW
Len's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 292° WNW
Townclose Hills Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 002° N · 12 ha
Kippax Beck (River) — 1.2 mi, 354° N
Manor Garth Hill Ringwork (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 031° NNE
Lemonroyd Old Lock (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 248° WSW
Length Of Grim'S Ditch Immediately North Of Gamblethorpe (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 300° WNW
Roman Bath House, Castleford (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 145° SE
Castleford Forum Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 144° SE
Water Haigh Woodland Park (Park) — 2.4 mi, 267° W
Valley Gardens (Park) — 2.4 mi, 142° SE
Diggerland Yorkshire (Theme Park) — 2.4 mi, 180° S
Horselock Dale (Valley) — 2.6 mi, 085° E
Ledston Hall And Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.9 mi, 062° ENE · 197 ha
Hundred Acre Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.1 mi, 069° ENE
Oulton Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 259° W · 116 ha
Colton Medieval Village (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 312° NW
Go Ape - Treetop Adventure (Theme Park) — 3.7 mi, 310° NW
Temple Newsam Estate (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 307° NW
The Home Farm (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 306° NW
Rothwell Castle Ruins (Castle) — 4.0 mi, 267° W
Parlington Hollins (Forest / Woodland) — 4.1 mi, 006° N
Logic (Public Artwork) — 4.5 mi, 296° WNW
The Marsh (Wetland) — 5.0 mi, 047° NE

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