Blakestones West Yorkshire Map
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Blakestones, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blakestones 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 Blakestones, West Yorkshire
How to Use This Blakestones, West Yorkshire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blakestones, West Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of West Yorkshire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Blakestones and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Blakestones |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.621454 |
| Longitude | -1.889658 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
About Blakestones
Blakestones offers a quiet presence in the West Yorkshire landscape. It lies 4.2 km north-west of Meltham (from Meltham: bearing 322°T, OS grid SE 073 138), and is situated west-south-west of Slaithwaite village. The hamlet’s houses, often built of local stone, seem to hold the muted light of the Pennine skies, their walls bearing the subtle patina of generations. The surrounding fields, etched with the patient lines of dry-stone walls, roll with a quiet resilience, their green hues deepening after a soft rain. Here, the air carries the faint scent of damp earth and distant sheep, a gentle reminder of the agricultural rhythms that have long shaped this corner of England. Blakestones absorbs the vastness of the open sky, its modest collection of dwellings appearing as if drawn from the very contours of the land.
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About This Blakestones Map Page
Explore Blakestones, 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: 53.621454, -1.889658. 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 | August 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. |
