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  1. Fairburn

Where is Fairburn?

Fairburn is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles north-west of the town of Knottingley, ten miles north-east of the major city of Wakefield, and 162 miles north of London. Fairburn lies just east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Fairburn falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the WF11 postcode district. The post town for Fairburn is Knottingley.

Fairburn on a map

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

Which county is Fairburn in?

Fairburn 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 Fairburn in North Yorkshire?

Fairburn 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 Fairburn within North Yorkshire
Location of Fairburn within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Fairburn?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Fairburn is WF11 9JT.

Where is Fairburn in WF11?

Fairburn is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WF11 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the WF11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Fairburn within WF11
Location of Fairburn within WF11

What is the post town for Fairburn?

The post town for Fairburn is Knottingley. Fairburn is in the WF11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Knottingley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Fairburn?

The centre of Fairburn is located at position 53.74496° latitude and -1.28624° longitude.

Latitude53.74496°
Longitude-1.28624°

What is the easting and northing of Fairburn?

The centre of Fairburn is located at the grid reference easting 447171 and northing 427857 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting447171
Northing427857

What are the nearest towns to Fairburn?

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

north-west
3m
Fairburn is 3 miles north-west of Knottingley
north-east
3m
Fairburn is 3 miles north-east of Castleford
north
4m
Fairburn is 4 miles north of Pontefract
south-east
5m
Fairburn is 5 miles south-east of Garforth
north-east
6m
Fairburn is 6 miles north-east of Featherstone
north-east
6m
Fairburn is 6 miles north-east of Normanton
east
8m
Fairburn is 8 miles east of Rothwell
west
9m
Fairburn is 9 miles west of Selby
north
9m
Fairburn is 9 miles north of Hemsworth
south
10m
Fairburn is 10 miles south of Tadcaster

What are the nearest cities to Fairburn?

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

north-east
10m
Fairburn is 10 miles north-east of Wakefield
east
11m
Fairburn is 11 miles east of Leeds
north-west
17m
Fairburn is 17 miles north-west of Doncaster
south-west
17m
Fairburn is 17 miles south-west of York
east
19m
Fairburn is 19 miles east of Bradford
north
26m
Fairburn is 26 miles north of Sheffield
south
29m
Fairburn is 29 miles south of Ripon
west
39m
Fairburn is 39 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-east
44m
Fairburn is 44 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
45m
Fairburn is 45 miles north-east of Salford

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