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Middlestown West Yorkshire Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Middlestown, 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.

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PlaceMiddlestown
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughWakefield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.650850
Longitude-1.597533
Place TypeVillage

About Middlestown

Middlestown occupies a ridge of high ground that commands the landscape of the Wakefield district. It lies 1.9 miles west-south-west of Horbury (from Horbury: bearing 248°T, OS grid SE 267 172), and is situated east-north-east of Overton village. The industrial shadow of coal mining once defined the local character, leaving behind a resilient spirit that persists in the quiet stone dwellings of the parish. To the south-east, the waters of Coxley Beck carve a persistent path through the valley, reflecting a sky that often hangs heavy and grey over the rolling fields. A short distance away, the ancient boughs of Stony Cliffe Wood provide a dark, dense counterpoint to the open agricultural pastures that surround the houses. Middlestown maintains a sturdy, unpretentious elegance, where the crisp northern air carries the faint, lingering scent of damp earth and coal soot from bygone centuries. The proximity of the National Coal Mining Museum serves as a reminder of the subterranean labour that built these roads and hearths. Each winter, the low sun casts long, skeletal shadows across the lanes, illuminating the stark beauty of a place shaped by hard work and the enduring weight of the hills.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Coxley Beck (River) — 0.5 mi, 127° SE
  • Chapel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 222° SW
  • Stony Cliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.9 mi, 151° SSE
  • Horbury Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 060° ENE
  • Horbury Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 059° ENE
  • New Hall Moat And Fishpond (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 207° SSW
  • National Coal Mining Museum (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 242° WSW
  • Thornhill Rectory Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 326° NW
  • Reid's Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 059° ENE
  • Stony Cliffe Beck (River) — 1.1 mi, 179° S
  • Shaft Head And Associated Headgear Near Caphouse Colliery, Overton (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 245° WSW
  • Denby Grange Colliery Ponds Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 168° SSE · 18 ha
  • Long Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 356° N
  • Thornhill Hall Moat And Sites Of Formal Gardens And Bowling Green, And Remnant Of Pre-Seventeenth Century Open-Field System (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 330° NNW · 2 ha
  • Storrs Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 046° NE
  • Ossett Spa (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 053° NE
  • Holme Leas Clough (Valley) — 2.6 mi, 006° N
  • The Family of Man (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 159° SSE
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 156° SSE
  • Bretton Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 161° SSE · 393 ha
  • Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 007° N
  • Woolley Edge (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 134° SE
  • Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 337° NNW
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 305° NW
  • Whistlestop Valley (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 189° S
  • Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 300° WNW
  • Seckar Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.1 mi, 117° ESE · 48 ha
  • Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.2 mi, 314° NW
  • Theatre Royal Wakefield (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 061° ENE
  • Wakefield Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 059° ENE

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About This Middlestown Map Page

Explore Middlestown, 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: 53.650850, -1.597533. 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 builtSeptember 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.