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Where is Garforth?

Garforth is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, five miles north-east of the town of Rothwell, seven miles east of the major city of Leeds, 166 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 166 miles north of London. Garforth lies three miles south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Garforth falls within the metropolitan district council of Leeds. It is in the LS25 postcode district. The post town for Garforth is Leeds.

Garforth on a map

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

Which county is Garforth in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Garforth in West Yorkshire?

Garforth 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 Garforth within West Yorkshire
Location of Garforth within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Garforth?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Garforth is LS25 1DU.

Where is Garforth in LS25?

Garforth is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LS25 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the LS25 postcode district.

Map showing location of Garforth within LS25
Location of Garforth within LS25

What is the post town for Garforth?

The post town for Garforth is Leeds. Garforth is in the LS25 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leeds.

What is the latitude and longitude of Garforth?

The centre of Garforth is located at position 53.79212° latitude and -1.38832° longitude.

Latitude53.79212°
Longitude-1.38832°

What is the easting and northing of Garforth?

The centre of Garforth is located at the grid reference easting 440394 and northing 433041 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting440394
Northing433041

What are the nearest towns to Garforth?

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

north-east
5m
Garforth is 5 miles north-east of Rothwell
north
5m
Garforth is 5 miles north of Castleford
north
6m
Garforth is 6 miles north of Normanton
north-west
8m
Garforth is 8 miles north-west of Pontefract
south-west
8m
Garforth is 8 miles south-west of Tadcaster
north-west
8m
Garforth is 8 miles north-west of Knottingley
north
8m
Garforth is 8 miles north of Featherstone
east
9m
Garforth is 9 miles east of Morley
south
9m
Garforth is 9 miles south of Wetherby
north-east
11m
Garforth is 11 miles north-east of Ossett

What are the nearest cities to Garforth?

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

east
7m
Garforth is 7 miles east of Leeds
north-east
9m
Garforth is 9 miles north-east of Wakefield
east
15m
Garforth is 15 miles east of Bradford
south-west
17m
Garforth is 17 miles south-west of York
north-west
21m
Garforth is 21 miles north-west of Doncaster
south
24m
Garforth is 24 miles south of Ripon
north
29m
Garforth is 29 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
41m
Garforth is 41 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
43m
Garforth is 43 miles north-east of Salford
west
43m
Garforth is 43 miles west of Kingston upon Hull

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