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Where is Skelmanthorpe?

Skelmanthorpe is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, five miles north of the town of Penistone, six miles south-east of the major town of Huddersfield, and 157 miles north-west of London. Skelmanthorpe lies two miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Skelmanthorpe falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD8 postcode district. The post town for Skelmanthorpe is Huddersfield.

Skelmanthorpe on a map

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

Which county is Skelmanthorpe in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Skelmanthorpe in West Yorkshire?

Skelmanthorpe 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 Skelmanthorpe within West Yorkshire
Location of Skelmanthorpe within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Skelmanthorpe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Skelmanthorpe is HD8 9BX.

Where is Skelmanthorpe in HD8?

Skelmanthorpe is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HD8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HD8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Skelmanthorpe within HD8
Location of Skelmanthorpe within HD8

What is the post town for Skelmanthorpe?

The post town for Skelmanthorpe is Huddersfield. Skelmanthorpe is in the HD8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huddersfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Skelmanthorpe?

The centre of Skelmanthorpe is located at position 53.59202° latitude and -1.65376° longitude.

Latitude53.59202°
Longitude-1.65376°

What is the easting and northing of Skelmanthorpe?

The centre of Skelmanthorpe is located at the grid reference easting 423015 and northing 410661 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting423015
Northing410661

What are the nearest towns to Skelmanthorpe?

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

north
5m
Skelmanthorpe is 5 miles north of Penistone
east
6m
Skelmanthorpe is 6 miles east of Holmfirth
south
6m
Skelmanthorpe is 6 miles south of Mirfield
south-west
6m
Skelmanthorpe is 6 miles south-west of Horbury
south-east
6m
Skelmanthorpe is 6 miles south-east of Huddersfield
south-west
7m
Skelmanthorpe is 7 miles south-west of Ossett
south
7m
Skelmanthorpe is 7 miles south of Dewsbury
west
8m
Skelmanthorpe is 8 miles west of Barnsley
north
8m
Skelmanthorpe is 8 miles north of Stocksbridge
south
8m
Skelmanthorpe is 8 miles south of Heckmondwike

What are the nearest cities to Skelmanthorpe?

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

south-west
9m
Skelmanthorpe is 9 miles south-west of Wakefield
south
14m
Skelmanthorpe is 14 miles south of Bradford
south
15m
Skelmanthorpe is 15 miles south of Leeds
north-west
16m
Skelmanthorpe is 16 miles north-west of Sheffield
west
22m
Skelmanthorpe is 22 miles west of Doncaster
east
26m
Skelmanthorpe is 26 miles east of Manchester
east
28m
Skelmanthorpe is 28 miles east of Salford
south-west
35m
Skelmanthorpe is 35 miles south-west of York
south
38m
Skelmanthorpe is 38 miles south of Ripon
east
44m
Skelmanthorpe is 44 miles east of Preston

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