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Where is Gawthorpe?

Gawthorpe is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south-west of the town of Mirfield, three miles east of the major town of Huddersfield, and 162 miles north-west of London. Gawthorpe lies six miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Gawthorpe falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD5 postcode district. The post town for Gawthorpe is Huddersfield.

Gawthorpe on a map

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

Which county is Gawthorpe in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Gawthorpe in West Yorkshire?

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

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

What is the postcode for Gawthorpe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Gawthorpe is HD5 0NZ.

Where is Gawthorpe in HD5?

Gawthorpe is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the HD5 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the HD5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Gawthorpe within HD5
Location of Gawthorpe within HD5

What is the post town for Gawthorpe?

The post town for Gawthorpe is Huddersfield. Gawthorpe is in the HD5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huddersfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Gawthorpe?

The centre of Gawthorpe is located at position 53.64439° latitude and -1.7182° longitude.

Latitude53.64439°
Longitude-1.7182°

What is the easting and northing of Gawthorpe?

The centre of Gawthorpe is located at the grid reference easting 418727 and northing 416468 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting418727
Northing416468

What are the nearest towns to Gawthorpe?

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

south-west
2m
Gawthorpe is 2 miles south-west of Mirfield
east
3m
Gawthorpe is 3 miles east of Huddersfield
south
5m
Gawthorpe is 5 miles south of Liversedge
south
5m
Gawthorpe is 5 miles south of Heckmondwike
south-east
5m
Gawthorpe is 5 miles south-east of Brighouse
south-west
5m
Gawthorpe is 5 miles south-west of Dewsbury
south
5m
Gawthorpe is 5 miles south of Cleckheaton
south-east
6m
Gawthorpe is 6 miles south-east of Elland
north-east
6m
Gawthorpe is 6 miles north-east of Holmfirth
south-west
6m
Gawthorpe is 6 miles south-west of Batley

What are the nearest cities to Gawthorpe?

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

west
9m
Gawthorpe is 9 miles west of Wakefield
south
10m
Gawthorpe is 10 miles south of Bradford
south-west
13m
Gawthorpe is 13 miles south-west of Leeds
north-west
21m
Gawthorpe is 21 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
25m
Gawthorpe is 25 miles north-east of Manchester
west
26m
Gawthorpe is 26 miles west of Doncaster
north-east
26m
Gawthorpe is 26 miles north-east of Salford
south-west
34m
Gawthorpe is 34 miles south-west of York
south
35m
Gawthorpe is 35 miles south of Ripon
east
41m
Gawthorpe is 41 miles east of Preston