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Where is Birds Edge?

Birds Edge is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, four miles east of the town of Holmfirth, six miles south-east of the major town of Huddersfield, and 156 miles north-west of London. Birds Edge lies just west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Birds Edge falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD8 postcode district. The post town for Birds Edge is Huddersfield.

Birds Edge on a map

Map showing extent of Birds Edge as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Birds Edge
Map showing location of Birds Edge within the UK
Location of Birds Edge within the UK

Which county is Birds Edge in?

Birds Edge is in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Birds Edge in West Yorkshire?

Birds Edge is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Birds Edge within West Yorkshire
Location of Birds Edge within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Birds Edge?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Birds Edge is HD8 8XR.

Where is Birds Edge in HD8?

Birds Edge is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the HD8 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the HD8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Birds Edge within HD8
Location of Birds Edge within HD8

What is the post town for Birds Edge?

The post town for Birds Edge is Huddersfield. Birds Edge is in the HD8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huddersfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Birds Edge?

The centre of Birds Edge is located at position 53.56594° latitude and -1.69727° longitude.

Latitude53.56594°
Longitude-1.69727°

What is the easting and northing of Birds Edge?

The centre of Birds Edge is located at the grid reference easting 420148 and northing 407745 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting420148
Northing407745

What are the nearest towns to Birds Edge?

Position of Birds Edge relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Birds Edge to the centre of the town.

east
4m
Birds Edge is 4 miles east of Holmfirth
north-west
4m
Birds Edge is 4 miles north-west of Penistone
south-east
6m
Birds Edge is 6 miles south-east of Huddersfield
east
7m
Birds Edge is 7 miles east of Meltham
north-west
7m
Birds Edge is 7 miles north-west of Stocksbridge
south
7m
Birds Edge is 7 miles south of Mirfield
south-west
9m
Birds Edge is 9 miles south-west of Horbury
west
9m
Birds Edge is 9 miles west of Barnsley
south
9m
Birds Edge is 9 miles south of Dewsbury
south-west
9m
Birds Edge is 9 miles south-west of Ossett

What are the nearest cities to Birds Edge?

Position of Birds Edge relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Birds Edge to the centre of the city.

south-west
12m
Birds Edge is 12 miles south-west of Wakefield
south
16m
Birds Edge is 16 miles south of Bradford
north-west
16m
Birds Edge is 16 miles north-west of Sheffield
south
17m
Birds Edge is 17 miles south of Leeds
east
23m
Birds Edge is 23 miles east of Manchester
west
23m
Birds Edge is 23 miles west of Doncaster
east
25m
Birds Edge is 25 miles east of Salford
south-west
37m
Birds Edge is 37 miles south-west of York
south
40m
Birds Edge is 40 miles south of Ripon
north-east
42m
Birds Edge is 42 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent