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Thornhill West Yorkshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Thornhill, West Yorkshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Thornhill, 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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PlaceThornhill
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughKirklees
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.663139
Longitude-1.617392
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Thornhill

Thornhill commands a high ridge overlooking the valley, its stones holding the long memory of the industrial grit and green ambition of West Yorkshire. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Ossett (from Ossett: bearing 232°T, OS grid SE 253 185), and is situated north-north-west of Overton village. Beneath the shifting clouds of the Pennine fringe, the landscape retains traces of an older world, where the earth still bears the faint, sunken outlines of the Thornhill Hall moat and its forgotten formal gardens. The light here often catches the silver movement of Howroyd Beck as it carves a path through the lower ground, indifferent to the coal-darkened history of the surrounding hills. Residents walk paths that edge toward the quiet water of Long Cut, where the surface reflects the expansive, restless sky of the north. Thornhill maintains a sturdy character, defined by its elevation and the persistent reach of the wind against its terraced rows. The proximity to the remnants of deep-earth industry serves as a reminder of the labour that once defined the rhythm of these valleys. Every street in Thornhill offers a view of the horizon, where the land falls away into a tapestry of working fields and quiet, enduring stone.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Thornhill Rectory Park (Park) — 0.2 mi, 060° ENE
  • Thornhill Hall Moat And Sites Of Formal Gardens And Bowling Green, And Remnant Of Pre-Seventeenth Century Open-Field System (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 048° NE · 2 ha
  • Howroyd Beck (River) — 0.7 mi, 244° WSW
  • Long Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 064° ENE
  • Smithy Brook (River) — 0.8 mi, 217° SW
  • Shaft Head And Associated Headgear Near Caphouse Colliery, Overton (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 186° S
  • National Coal Mining Museum (Attraction) — 1.3 mi, 182° S
  • Chapel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.4 mi, 163° SSE
  • Horbury Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 104° ESE
  • Horbury Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 103° ESE
  • Haley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 266° W
  • New Hall Moat And Fishpond (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 167° SSE
  • Reid's Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 099° E
  • Dewsbury Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 319° NW · 8 ha
  • Holme Leas Clough (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 031° NNE
  • Stony Cliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.1 mi, 143° SE
  • Dewsbury Bus Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 299° WNW
  • Denby Grange Colliery Ponds Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 153° SSE · 18 ha
  • Artspace Studio Theatre (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 347° NNW
  • Gawthorpe Maypole (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 029° NNE
  • Ossett Spa (Historic Ruins) — 2.6 mi, 080° E
  • Medieval Church (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 294° WNW
  • Ponderosa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.0 mi, 313° NW
  • The Great War Memorial (Public Artwork) — 3.5 mi, 349° N
  • Soothill Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.8 mi, 014° NNE
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 150° SSE
  • Woolley Edge (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 134° SE
  • Whistlestop Valley (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 177° S
  • Bagshaw Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 346° NNW
  • Dumb Steeple (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 289° WNW

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About This Thornhill Map Page

Explore Thornhill, 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: 53.663139, -1.617392. 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.