(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Woodhouse, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Woodhouse 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 | Woodhouse |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Wakefield |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.693038 |
| Longitude | -1.423125 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Woodhouse, a quiet outpost in the Wakefield district, offers a gentle prospect of West Yorkshire fields. It lies 0.9 km south-south-west of Normanton (from Normanton: bearing 214°T, OS grid SE 381 219). The very air in Woodhouse seems to hold a certain stillness, a quiet hum beneath the rustle of leaves from the mature trees that line its residential streets, hinting at a past less hurried than our own. Its landscape, a soft topography of subtly shifting gradients, has long been shaped by the agricultural rhythms of this part of Yorkshire. One might imagine, on a crisp autumn afternoon, the faint scent of woodsmoke mingling with the damp earth, a sensory echo of generations who have called Woodhouse home. The presence of St. John's Church, a steadfast sentinel of local life, anchors the community with its enduring stone, a silent witness to the passing years.
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Explore Woodhouse, 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: 53.693038, -1.423125. 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. |