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Where is Kirkthorpe?

Kirkthorpe is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south-west of the town of Normanton, two miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 160 miles north of London. Kirkthorpe lies five miles north of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Kirkthorpe falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF1 postcode district. The post town for Kirkthorpe is Wakefield.

Kirkthorpe on a map

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

Which county is Kirkthorpe in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Kirkthorpe in West Yorkshire?

Kirkthorpe 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 Kirkthorpe within West Yorkshire
Location of Kirkthorpe within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Kirkthorpe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Kirkthorpe is WF1 5TD.

Where is Kirkthorpe in WF1?

Kirkthorpe is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF1 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the WF1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Kirkthorpe within WF1
Location of Kirkthorpe within WF1

What is the post town for Kirkthorpe?

The post town for Kirkthorpe is Wakefield. Kirkthorpe is in the WF1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wakefield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Kirkthorpe?

The centre of Kirkthorpe is located at position 53.68469° latitude and -1.4497° longitude.

Latitude53.68469°
Longitude-1.4497°

What is the easting and northing of Kirkthorpe?

The centre of Kirkthorpe is located at the grid reference easting 436442 and northing 421055 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting436442
Northing421055

What are the nearest towns to Kirkthorpe?

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

south-west
2m
Kirkthorpe is 2 miles south-west of Normanton
west
4m
Kirkthorpe is 4 miles west of Featherstone
south
5m
Kirkthorpe is 5 miles south of Rothwell
east
5m
Kirkthorpe is 5 miles east of Horbury
south-west
5m
Kirkthorpe is 5 miles south-west of Castleford
east
5m
Kirkthorpe is 5 miles east of Ossett
west
6m
Kirkthorpe is 6 miles west of Pontefract
north
6m
Kirkthorpe is 6 miles north of Royston
north-west
6m
Kirkthorpe is 6 miles north-west of Hemsworth
east
7m
Kirkthorpe is 7 miles east of Dewsbury

What are the nearest cities to Kirkthorpe?

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

east
2m
Kirkthorpe is 2 miles east of Wakefield
south-east
9m
Kirkthorpe is 9 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
14m
Kirkthorpe is 14 miles south-east of Bradford
north-west
17m
Kirkthorpe is 17 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
21m
Kirkthorpe is 21 miles north of Sheffield
south-west
24m
Kirkthorpe is 24 miles south-west of York
south
31m
Kirkthorpe is 31 miles south of Ripon
north-east
36m
Kirkthorpe is 36 miles north-east of Manchester
east
38m
Kirkthorpe is 38 miles east of Salford
west
46m
Kirkthorpe is 46 miles west of Kingston upon Hull