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Where is Great Preston?

Great Preston is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south of the town of Garforth, seven miles north-east of the major city of Wakefield, and 164 miles north of London. Great Preston lies three miles south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Great Preston falls within the metropolitan district council of Leeds. It is in the LS26 postcode district. The post town for Great Preston is Leeds.

Great Preston on a map

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

Which county is Great Preston in?

Great Preston is in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Great Preston in West Yorkshire?

Great Preston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Great Preston within West Yorkshire
Location of Great Preston within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Great Preston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Preston is LS26 8AT.

Where is Great Preston in LS26?

Great Preston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LS26 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LS26 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Preston within LS26
Location of Great Preston within LS26

What is the post town for Great Preston?

The post town for Great Preston is Leeds. Great Preston is in the LS26 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leeds.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Preston?

The centre of Great Preston is located at position 53.76082° latitude and -1.39198° longitude.

Latitude53.76082°
Longitude-1.39198°

What is the easting and northing of Great Preston?

The centre of Great Preston is located at the grid reference easting 440182 and northing 429556 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting440182
Northing429556

What are the nearest towns to Great Preston?

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

south
2m
Great Preston is 2 miles south of Garforth
north-west
3m
Great Preston is 3 miles north-west of Castleford
east
4m
Great Preston is 4 miles east of Rothwell
north
4m
Great Preston is 4 miles north of Normanton
north-west
6m
Great Preston is 6 miles north-west of Pontefract
north
6m
Great Preston is 6 miles north of Featherstone
north-west
7m
Great Preston is 7 miles north-west of Knottingley
east
9m
Great Preston is 9 miles east of Morley
north-east
10m
Great Preston is 10 miles north-east of Ossett
north-east
10m
Great Preston is 10 miles north-east of Horbury

What are the nearest cities to Great Preston?

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

north-east
7m
Great Preston is 7 miles north-east of Wakefield
south-east
7m
Great Preston is 7 miles south-east of Leeds
east
15m
Great Preston is 15 miles east of Bradford
south-west
19m
Great Preston is 19 miles south-west of York
north-west
20m
Great Preston is 20 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
26m
Great Preston is 26 miles north of Sheffield
south
26m
Great Preston is 26 miles south of Ripon
north-east
40m
Great Preston is 40 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
42m
Great Preston is 42 miles north-east of Salford
west
43m
Great Preston is 43 miles west of Kingston upon Hull

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