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Where is Briestfield?

Briestfield is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south-east of the town of Mirfield, five miles east of the major town of Huddersfield, and 161 miles north-west of London. Briestfield lies four miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Briestfield falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the WF12 postcode district. The post town for Briestfield is Dewsbury.

Briestfield on a map

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

Which county is Briestfield in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Briestfield in West Yorkshire?

Briestfield 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 Briestfield within West Yorkshire
Location of Briestfield within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Briestfield?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Briestfield is WF12 0PB.

Where is Briestfield in WF12?

Briestfield is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the WF12 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the WF12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Briestfield within WF12
Location of Briestfield within WF12

What is the post town for Briestfield?

The post town for Briestfield is Dewsbury. Briestfield is in the WF12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Dewsbury.

What is the latitude and longitude of Briestfield?

The centre of Briestfield is located at position 53.6529° latitude and -1.65006° longitude.

Latitude53.6529°
Longitude-1.65006°

What is the easting and northing of Briestfield?

The centre of Briestfield is located at the grid reference easting 423227 and northing 417434 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting423227
Northing417434

What are the nearest towns to Briestfield?

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

south-east
2m
Briestfield is 2 miles south-east of Mirfield
south
3m
Briestfield is 3 miles south of Dewsbury
south-west
3m
Briestfield is 3 miles south-west of Ossett
south
4m
Briestfield is 4 miles south of Heckmondwike
west
4m
Briestfield is 4 miles west of Horbury
south
4m
Briestfield is 4 miles south of Batley
south-east
4m
Briestfield is 4 miles south-east of Liversedge
east
5m
Briestfield is 5 miles east of Huddersfield
south-east
6m
Briestfield is 6 miles south-east of Cleckheaton
south-east
7m
Briestfield is 7 miles south-east of Brighouse

What are the nearest cities to Briestfield?

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

west
7m
Briestfield is 7 miles west of Wakefield
south-east
10m
Briestfield is 10 miles south-east of Bradford
south
11m
Briestfield is 11 miles south of Leeds
north
20m
Briestfield is 20 miles north of Sheffield
west
23m
Briestfield is 23 miles west of Doncaster
north-east
27m
Briestfield is 27 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
29m
Briestfield is 29 miles north-east of Salford
south-west
32m
Briestfield is 32 miles south-west of York
south
34m
Briestfield is 34 miles south of Ripon
east
44m
Briestfield is 44 miles east of Preston