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  1. Knottingley

Where is Knottingley?

Knottingley is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles north-east of the town of Pontefract, 11 miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 159 miles north of London. Knottingley lies just south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Knottingley falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF11 postcode district. The post town for Knottingley is Knottingley.

Knottingley on a map

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

Which county is Knottingley in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Knottingley in West Yorkshire?

Knottingley 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 Knottingley within West Yorkshire
Location of Knottingley within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Knottingley?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Knottingley is WF11 9DG.

Where is Knottingley in WF11?

Knottingley is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF11 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WF11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Knottingley within WF11
Location of Knottingley within WF11

What is the post town for Knottingley?

The post town for Knottingley is Knottingley. Knottingley is in the WF11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Knottingley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Knottingley?

The centre of Knottingley is located at position 53.70966° latitude and -1.24431° longitude.

Latitude53.70966°
Longitude-1.24431°

What is the easting and northing of Knottingley?

The centre of Knottingley is located at the grid reference easting 449978 and northing 423958 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting449978
Northing423958

What are the nearest towns to Knottingley?

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

north-east
3m
Knottingley is 3 miles north-east of Pontefract
east
5m
Knottingley is 5 miles east of Castleford
north-east
5m
Knottingley is 5 miles north-east of Featherstone
east
7m
Knottingley is 7 miles east of Normanton
north-east
8m
Knottingley is 8 miles north-east of Hemsworth
north
8m
Knottingley is 8 miles north of South Elmsall
south-east
8m
Knottingley is 8 miles south-east of Garforth
north
9m
Knottingley is 9 miles north of South Kirkby
south-west
9m
Knottingley is 9 miles south-west of Selby
north
10m
Knottingley is 10 miles north of Adwick le Street

What are the nearest cities to Knottingley?

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

east
11m
Knottingley is 11 miles east of Wakefield
north
14m
Knottingley is 14 miles north of Doncaster
south-east
14m
Knottingley is 14 miles south-east of Leeds
south
19m
Knottingley is 19 miles south of York
east
22m
Knottingley is 22 miles east of Bradford
north
24m
Knottingley is 24 miles north of Sheffield
south
32m
Knottingley is 32 miles south of Ripon
west
37m
Knottingley is 37 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-west
44m
Knottingley is 44 miles north-west of Lincoln
east
44m
Knottingley is 44 miles east of Manchester

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