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Where is Huddersfield?

Huddersfield is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, four miles south-east of the town of Elland, 161 miles north of Cardiff, and 163 miles north-west of London. Huddersfield lies six miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Huddersfield falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD1 postcode district. The post town for Huddersfield is Huddersfield.

Huddersfield on a map

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

Which county is Huddersfield in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Huddersfield in West Yorkshire?

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield within West Yorkshire
Location of Huddersfield within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Huddersfield?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Huddersfield is HD1 2SX.

Where is Huddersfield in HD1?

Huddersfield is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HD1 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HD1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Huddersfield within HD1
Location of Huddersfield within HD1

What is the post town for Huddersfield?

The post town for Huddersfield is Huddersfield. Huddersfield is in the HD1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huddersfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Huddersfield?

The centre of Huddersfield is located at position 53.64429° latitude and -1.7822° longitude.

Latitude53.64429°
Longitude-1.7822°

What is the easting and northing of Huddersfield?

The centre of Huddersfield is located at the grid reference easting 414496 and northing 416441 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting414496
Northing416441

What are the nearest towns to Huddersfield?

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

south-east
4m
Huddersfield is 4 miles south-east of Elland
south
4m
Huddersfield is 4 miles south of Brighouse
south-west
4m
Huddersfield is 4 miles south-west of Mirfield
north-east
5m
Huddersfield is 5 miles north-east of Meltham
north
5m
Huddersfield is 5 miles north of Holmfirth
south-west
6m
Huddersfield is 6 miles south-west of Liversedge
south-west
6m
Huddersfield is 6 miles south-west of Cleckheaton
south-west
6m
Huddersfield is 6 miles south-west of Heckmondwike
south-east
6m
Huddersfield is 6 miles south-east of Halifax
south-west
7m
Huddersfield is 7 miles south-west of Dewsbury

What are the nearest cities to Huddersfield?

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

south
10m
Huddersfield is 10 miles south of Bradford
west
12m
Huddersfield is 12 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
14m
Huddersfield is 14 miles south-west of Leeds
north-east
22m
Huddersfield is 22 miles north-east of Manchester
north-west
22m
Huddersfield is 22 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
24m
Huddersfield is 24 miles north-east of Salford
west
28m
Huddersfield is 28 miles west of Doncaster
south
36m
Huddersfield is 36 miles south of Ripon
south-west
36m
Huddersfield is 36 miles south-west of York
east
38m
Huddersfield is 38 miles east of Preston

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