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Where is Gateforth?

Gateforth is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, four miles south-west of the town of Selby, 15 miles south of the major city of York, and 160 miles north of London. Gateforth lies four miles east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Gateforth falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the YO8 postcode district. The post town for Gateforth is Selby.

Gateforth on a map

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

Which county is Gateforth in?

Gateforth 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 Gateforth in North Yorkshire?

Gateforth 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 Gateforth within North Yorkshire
Location of Gateforth within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Gateforth?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Gateforth is YO8 9LW.

Where is Gateforth in YO8?

Gateforth is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the YO8 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the YO8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Gateforth within YO8
Location of Gateforth within YO8

What is the post town for Gateforth?

The post town for Gateforth is Selby. Gateforth is in the YO8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Selby.

What is the latitude and longitude of Gateforth?

The centre of Gateforth is located at position 53.75103° latitude and -1.15293° longitude.

Latitude53.75103°
Longitude-1.15293°

What is the easting and northing of Gateforth?

The centre of Gateforth is located at the grid reference easting 455954 and northing 428629 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting455954
Northing428629

What are the nearest towns to Gateforth?

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

south-west
4m
Gateforth is 4 miles south-west of Selby
north-east
5m
Gateforth is 5 miles north-east of Knottingley
north-east
8m
Gateforth is 8 miles north-east of Pontefract
east
8m
Gateforth is 8 miles east of Castleford
north-east
10m
Gateforth is 10 miles north-east of Featherstone
east
10m
Gateforth is 10 miles east of Garforth
south-east
10m
Gateforth is 10 miles south-east of Tadcaster
east
11m
Gateforth is 11 miles east of Normanton
west
12m
Gateforth is 12 miles west of Howden
west
12m
Gateforth is 12 miles west of Goole

What are the nearest cities to Gateforth?

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

south
15m
Gateforth is 15 miles south of York
east
15m
Gateforth is 15 miles east of Wakefield
north
16m
Gateforth is 16 miles north of Doncaster
east
17m
Gateforth is 17 miles east of Leeds
east
25m
Gateforth is 25 miles east of Bradford
north-east
29m
Gateforth is 29 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
31m
Gateforth is 31 miles south-east of Ripon
west
34m
Gateforth is 34 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-west
44m
Gateforth is 44 miles north-west of Lincoln
north-east
49m
Gateforth is 49 miles north-east of Manchester