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Where is Featherstone?

Featherstone is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south-west of the town of Pontefract, six miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 158 miles north of London. Featherstone lies four miles south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Featherstone falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF7 postcode district. The post town for Featherstone is Pontefract.

Featherstone on a map

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

Which county is Featherstone in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Featherstone in West Yorkshire?

Featherstone is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Featherstone within West Yorkshire
Location of Featherstone within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Featherstone?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Featherstone is WF7 5HW.

Where is Featherstone in WF7?

Featherstone is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF7 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WF7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Featherstone within WF7
Location of Featherstone within WF7

What is the post town for Featherstone?

The post town for Featherstone is Pontefract. Featherstone is in the WF7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Pontefract.

What is the latitude and longitude of Featherstone?

The centre of Featherstone is located at position 53.67463° latitude and -1.35917° longitude.

Latitude53.67463°
Longitude-1.35917°

What is the easting and northing of Featherstone?

The centre of Featherstone is located at the grid reference easting 442431 and northing 419986 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting442431
Northing419986

What are the nearest towns to Featherstone?

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

south-west
2m
Featherstone is 2 miles south-west of Pontefract
south-east
3m
Featherstone is 3 miles south-east of Normanton
south
4m
Featherstone is 4 miles south of Castleford
north
4m
Featherstone is 4 miles north of Hemsworth
south-west
5m
Featherstone is 5 miles south-west of Knottingley
north
6m
Featherstone is 6 miles north of South Kirkby
north-west
6m
Featherstone is 6 miles north-west of South Elmsall
north-east
7m
Featherstone is 7 miles north-east of Royston
south-east
7m
Featherstone is 7 miles south-east of Rothwell
east
8m
Featherstone is 8 miles east of Horbury

What are the nearest cities to Featherstone?

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

east
6m
Featherstone is 6 miles east of Wakefield
south-east
12m
Featherstone is 12 miles south-east of Leeds
north-west
14m
Featherstone is 14 miles north-west of Doncaster
south-east
18m
Featherstone is 18 miles south-east of Bradford
north
21m
Featherstone is 21 miles north of Sheffield
south-west
23m
Featherstone is 23 miles south-west of York
south
33m
Featherstone is 33 miles south of Ripon
east
39m
Featherstone is 39 miles east of Manchester
east
41m
Featherstone is 41 miles east of Salford
west
42m
Featherstone is 42 miles west of Kingston upon Hull

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