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Where is Cowthorpe?

Cowthorpe is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles north-east of the town of Wetherby, eight miles east of the major town of Harrogate, 156 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 177 miles north of London. Cowthorpe lies roughly one mile north-east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Cowthorpe falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the LS22 postcode district. The post town for Cowthorpe is Wetherby.

Cowthorpe on a map

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

Which county is Cowthorpe in?

Cowthorpe 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 Cowthorpe in North Yorkshire?

Cowthorpe 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 Cowthorpe within North Yorkshire
Location of Cowthorpe within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Cowthorpe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cowthorpe is LS22 5EY.

Where is Cowthorpe in LS22?

Cowthorpe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LS22 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LS22 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cowthorpe within LS22
Location of Cowthorpe within LS22

What is the post town for Cowthorpe?

The post town for Cowthorpe is Wetherby. Cowthorpe is in the LS22 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wetherby.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cowthorpe?

The centre of Cowthorpe is located at position 53.9662° latitude and -1.35071° longitude.

Latitude53.9662°
Longitude-1.35071°

What is the easting and northing of Cowthorpe?

The centre of Cowthorpe is located at the grid reference easting 442694 and northing 452431 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting442694
Northing452431

What are the nearest towns to Cowthorpe?

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

north-east
3m
Cowthorpe is 3 miles north-east of Wetherby
south-east
5m
Cowthorpe is 5 miles south-east of Knaresborough
north-west
7m
Cowthorpe is 7 miles north-west of Tadcaster
east
8m
Cowthorpe is 8 miles east of Harrogate
south
9m
Cowthorpe is 9 miles south of Boroughbridge
west
12m
Cowthorpe is 12 miles west of Haxby
north
12m
Cowthorpe is 12 miles north of Garforth
south-west
12m
Cowthorpe is 12 miles south-west of Easingwold
east
15m
Cowthorpe is 15 miles east of Otley
north-east
15m
Cowthorpe is 15 miles north-east of Yeadon

What are the nearest cities to Cowthorpe?

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

west
11m
Cowthorpe is 11 miles west of York
south-east
14m
Cowthorpe is 14 miles south-east of Ripon
north-east
14m
Cowthorpe is 14 miles north-east of Leeds
north
20m
Cowthorpe is 20 miles north of Wakefield
north-east
20m
Cowthorpe is 20 miles north-east of Bradford
north
32m
Cowthorpe is 32 miles north of Doncaster
north
41m
Cowthorpe is 41 miles north of Sheffield
west
44m
Cowthorpe is 44 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-east
50m
Cowthorpe is 50 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
51m
Cowthorpe is 51 miles north-east of Salford