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Where is Sands?

Sands is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, one mile east of the town of Mirfield, five miles east of the major town of Huddersfield, and 162 miles north-west of London. Sands lies five miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Sands falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the WF14 postcode district. The post town for Sands is Mirfield.

Sands on a map

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

Which county is Sands in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Sands in West Yorkshire?

Sands is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of West Yorkshire.

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

What is the postcode for Sands?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sands is WF14 8HJ.

Where is Sands in WF14?

Sands is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF14 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the WF14 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sands within WF14
Location of Sands within WF14

What is the post town for Sands?

The post town for Sands is Mirfield. Sands is in the WF14 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Mirfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sands?

The centre of Sands is located at position 53.66987° latitude and -1.67151° longitude.

Latitude53.66987°
Longitude-1.67151°

What is the easting and northing of Sands?

The centre of Sands is located at the grid reference easting 421801 and northing 419317 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting421801
Northing419317

What are the nearest towns to Sands?

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

east
1m
Sands is 1 mile east of Mirfield
south-west
2m
Sands is 2 miles south-west of Dewsbury
south
3m
Sands is 3 miles south of Heckmondwike
south
3m
Sands is 3 miles south of Liversedge
south-west
3m
Sands is 3 miles south-west of Batley
west
4m
Sands is 4 miles west of Ossett
south-east
4m
Sands is 4 miles south-east of Cleckheaton
west
5m
Sands is 5 miles west of Horbury
east
5m
Sands is 5 miles east of Huddersfield
south-east
5m
Sands is 5 miles south-east of Brighouse

What are the nearest cities to Sands?

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

west
7m
Sands is 7 miles west of Wakefield
south
9m
Sands is 9 miles south of Bradford
south-west
10m
Sands is 10 miles south-west of Leeds
north-west
22m
Sands is 22 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-west
24m
Sands is 24 miles north-west of Doncaster
north-east
27m
Sands is 27 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
29m
Sands is 29 miles north-east of Salford
south-west
31m
Sands is 31 miles south-west of York
south
33m
Sands is 33 miles south of Ripon
east
43m
Sands is 43 miles east of Preston