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Where is Grimethorpe?

Grimethorpe is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles south-west of the town of South Kirkby, five miles east of the major town of Barnsley, and 152 miles north of London. Grimethorpe lies roughly one mile south-east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Grimethorpe falls within the metropolitan district council of Barnsley. It is in the S72 postcode district. The post town for Grimethorpe is Barnsley.

Grimethorpe on a map

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

Which county is Grimethorpe in?

Grimethorpe is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Grimethorpe in South Yorkshire?

Grimethorpe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of South Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Grimethorpe within South Yorkshire
Location of Grimethorpe within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Grimethorpe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Grimethorpe is S72 7LT.

Where is Grimethorpe in S72?

Grimethorpe is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the S72 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the S72 postcode district.

Map showing location of Grimethorpe within S72
Location of Grimethorpe within S72

What is the post town for Grimethorpe?

The post town for Grimethorpe is Barnsley. Grimethorpe is in the S72 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnsley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Grimethorpe?

The centre of Grimethorpe is located at position 53.57524° latitude and -1.379° longitude.

Latitude53.57524°
Longitude-1.379°

What is the easting and northing of Grimethorpe?

The centre of Grimethorpe is located at the grid reference easting 441218 and northing 408917 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting441218
Northing408917

What are the nearest towns to Grimethorpe?

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

south-west
3m
Grimethorpe is 3 miles south-west of South Kirkby
south
3m
Grimethorpe is 3 miles south of Hemsworth
north-west
3m
Grimethorpe is 3 miles north-west of Thurnscoe
south-east
4m
Grimethorpe is 4 miles south-east of Royston
north
4m
Grimethorpe is 4 miles north of Wombwell
west
4m
Grimethorpe is 4 miles west of South Elmsall
north-west
4m
Grimethorpe is 4 miles north-west of Goldthorpe
east
5m
Grimethorpe is 5 miles east of Barnsley
north-west
5m
Grimethorpe is 5 miles north-west of Bolton upon Dearne
north-east
5m
Grimethorpe is 5 miles north-east of Worsbrough

What are the nearest cities to Grimethorpe?

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

south-east
9m
Grimethorpe is 9 miles south-east of Wakefield
west
11m
Grimethorpe is 11 miles west of Doncaster
north
14m
Grimethorpe is 14 miles north of Sheffield
south-east
17m
Grimethorpe is 17 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
21m
Grimethorpe is 21 miles south-east of Bradford
south-west
29m
Grimethorpe is 29 miles south-west of York
east
36m
Grimethorpe is 36 miles east of Manchester
east
38m
Grimethorpe is 38 miles east of Salford
south
39m
Grimethorpe is 39 miles south of Ripon
north-west
42m
Grimethorpe is 42 miles north-west of Lincoln

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