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Where is Birkin?

Birkin is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles north-east of the town of Knottingley, 13 miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 160 miles north of London. Birkin lies two miles east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Birkin falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the WF11 postcode district. The post town for Birkin is Knottingley.

Birkin on a map

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

Which county is Birkin in?

Birkin is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Birkin in North Yorkshire?

Birkin is situated towards the southernmost extremity of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Birkin within North Yorkshire
Location of Birkin within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Birkin?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Birkin is WF11 9LP.

Where is Birkin in WF11?

Birkin is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WF11 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the WF11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Birkin within WF11
Location of Birkin within WF11

What is the post town for Birkin?

The post town for Birkin is Knottingley. Birkin is in the WF11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Knottingley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Birkin?

The centre of Birkin is located at position 53.7354° latitude and -1.19704° longitude.

Latitude53.7354°
Longitude-1.19704°

What is the easting and northing of Birkin?

The centre of Birkin is located at the grid reference easting 453066 and northing 426856 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting453066
Northing426856

What are the nearest towns to Birkin?

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

north-east
3m
Birkin is 3 miles north-east of Knottingley
north-east
5m
Birkin is 5 miles north-east of Pontefract
south-west
6m
Birkin is 6 miles south-west of Selby
east
6m
Birkin is 6 miles east of Castleford
north-east
8m
Birkin is 8 miles north-east of Featherstone
south-east
9m
Birkin is 9 miles south-east of Garforth
east
9m
Birkin is 9 miles east of Normanton
north
10m
Birkin is 10 miles north of South Elmsall
north-east
11m
Birkin is 11 miles north-east of Hemsworth
south
11m
Birkin is 11 miles south of Tadcaster

What are the nearest cities to Birkin?

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

east
13m
Birkin is 13 miles east of Wakefield
north
15m
Birkin is 15 miles north of Doncaster
east
15m
Birkin is 15 miles east of Leeds
south
16m
Birkin is 16 miles south of York
east
23m
Birkin is 23 miles east of Bradford
north-east
27m
Birkin is 27 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
31m
Birkin is 31 miles south-east of Ripon
west
35m
Birkin is 35 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-west
44m
Birkin is 44 miles north-west of Lincoln
north-east
47m
Birkin is 47 miles north-east of Manchester