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Where is Hessle?

Hessle is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south of the town of Featherstone, seven miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 156 miles north of London. Hessle lies three miles north of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Hessle falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF4 postcode district. The post town for Hessle is Wakefield.

Hessle on a map

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

Which county is Hessle in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Hessle in West Yorkshire?

Hessle is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Hessle within West Yorkshire
Location of Hessle within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Hessle?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Hessle is WF4 1RD.

Where is Hessle in WF4?

Hessle is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF4 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the WF4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Hessle within WF4
Location of Hessle within WF4

What is the post town for Hessle?

The post town for Hessle is Wakefield. Hessle is in the WF4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wakefield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Hessle?

The centre of Hessle is located at position 53.65204° latitude and -1.34796° longitude.

Latitude53.65204°
Longitude-1.34796°

What is the easting and northing of Hessle?

The centre of Hessle is located at the grid reference easting 443195 and northing 417480 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting443195
Northing417480

What are the nearest towns to Hessle?

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

south
2m
Hessle is 2 miles south of Featherstone
north
3m
Hessle is 3 miles north of Hemsworth
south-west
3m
Hessle is 3 miles south-west of Pontefract
north
4m
Hessle is 4 miles north of South Kirkby
south-east
4m
Hessle is 4 miles south-east of Normanton
north-west
5m
Hessle is 5 miles north-west of South Elmsall
south
5m
Hessle is 5 miles south of Castleford
north-east
6m
Hessle is 6 miles north-east of Royston
south-west
6m
Hessle is 6 miles south-west of Knottingley
north
8m
Hessle is 8 miles north of Thurnscoe

What are the nearest cities to Hessle?

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

east
7m
Hessle is 7 miles east of Wakefield
north-west
13m
Hessle is 13 miles north-west of Doncaster
south-east
13m
Hessle is 13 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
19m
Hessle is 19 miles south-east of Bradford
north
19m
Hessle is 19 miles north of Sheffield
south-west
24m
Hessle is 24 miles south-west of York
south
34m
Hessle is 34 miles south of Ripon
east
39m
Hessle is 39 miles east of Manchester
east
41m
Hessle is 41 miles east of Salford
west
42m
Hessle is 42 miles west of Kingston upon Hull