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  1. Selby

Where is Selby?

Selby is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, nine miles west of the town of Howden, 12 miles south of the major city of York, and 162 miles north of London. Selby lies five miles west of the East Riding of Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Selby falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the YO8 postcode district. The post town for Selby is Selby.

Selby on a map

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

Which county is Selby in?

Selby is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Selby in North Yorkshire?

Selby is situated towards the southernmost extremity of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Selby within North Yorkshire
Location of Selby within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Selby?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Selby is YO8 4PB.

Where is Selby in YO8?

Selby is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the YO8 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the YO8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Selby within YO8
Location of Selby within YO8

What is the post town for Selby?

The post town for Selby is Selby. Selby is in the YO8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Selby.

What is the latitude and longitude of Selby?

The centre of Selby is located at position 53.78393° latitude and -1.06983° longitude.

Latitude53.78393°
Longitude-1.06983°

What is the easting and northing of Selby?

The centre of Selby is located at the grid reference easting 461386 and northing 432357 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting461386
Northing432357

What are the nearest towns to Selby?

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

west
9m
Selby is 9 miles west of Howden
north-east
9m
Selby is 9 miles north-east of Knottingley
north-west
10m
Selby is 10 miles north-west of Goole
south-east
11m
Selby is 11 miles south-east of Tadcaster
north-east
12m
Selby is 12 miles north-east of Pontefract
east
12m
Selby is 12 miles east of Castleford
north
13m
Selby is 13 miles north of Thorne
east
13m
Selby is 13 miles east of Garforth
north-east
14m
Selby is 14 miles north-east of Featherstone
north-east
15m
Selby is 15 miles north-east of Normanton

What are the nearest cities to Selby?

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

south
12m
Selby is 12 miles south of York
north
18m
Selby is 18 miles north of Doncaster
east
19m
Selby is 19 miles east of Wakefield
east
20m
Selby is 20 miles east of Leeds
east
28m
Selby is 28 miles east of Bradford
west
30m
Selby is 30 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
south-east
31m
Selby is 31 miles south-east of Ripon
north-east
32m
Selby is 32 miles north-east of Sheffield
north-west
44m
Selby is 44 miles north-west of Lincoln
north-east
53m
Selby is 53 miles north-east of Manchester

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