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Where is Great Heck?

Great Heck is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, six miles east of the town of Knottingley, 11 miles north of the major town of Doncaster, and 155 miles north of London. Great Heck lies just south-west of the East Riding of Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Great Heck falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the DN14 postcode district. The post town for Great Heck is Goole.

Great Heck on a map

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

Which county is Great Heck in?

Great Heck 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 Great Heck in North Yorkshire?

Great Heck 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 Great Heck within North Yorkshire
Location of Great Heck within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Great Heck?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Heck is DN14 0BE.

Where is Great Heck in DN14?

Great Heck is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DN14 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the DN14 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Heck within DN14
Location of Great Heck within DN14

What is the post town for Great Heck?

The post town for Great Heck is Goole. Great Heck is in the DN14 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Goole.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Heck?

The centre of Great Heck is located at position 53.68207° latitude and -1.10402° longitude.

Latitude53.68207°
Longitude-1.10402°

What is the easting and northing of Great Heck?

The centre of Great Heck is located at the grid reference easting 459276 and northing 420996 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting459276
Northing420996

What are the nearest towns to Great Heck?

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

east
6m
Great Heck is 6 miles east of Knottingley
south
7m
Great Heck is 7 miles south of Selby
north-west
8m
Great Heck is 8 miles north-west of Thorne
north-east
8m
Great Heck is 8 miles north-east of Adwick le Street
east
8m
Great Heck is 8 miles east of Pontefract
north
10m
Great Heck is 10 miles north of Bentley
west
10m
Great Heck is 10 miles west of Goole
north-east
10m
Great Heck is 10 miles north-east of South Elmsall
east
10m
Great Heck is 10 miles east of Featherstone
south-west
11m
Great Heck is 11 miles south-west of Howden

What are the nearest cities to Great Heck?

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

north
11m
Great Heck is 11 miles north of Doncaster
east
16m
Great Heck is 16 miles east of Wakefield
south
19m
Great Heck is 19 miles south of York
south-east
20m
Great Heck is 20 miles south-east of Leeds
north-east
26m
Great Heck is 26 miles north-east of Sheffield
east
28m
Great Heck is 28 miles east of Bradford
west
32m
Great Heck is 32 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
south-east
36m
Great Heck is 36 miles south-east of Ripon
north-west
39m
Great Heck is 39 miles north-west of Lincoln
east
49m
Great Heck is 49 miles east of Manchester