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Where is Harrogate?

Harrogate is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles west of the town of Knaresborough, 150 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 181 miles north of London. Harrogate lies six miles north of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Harrogate falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the HG1 postcode district. The post town for Harrogate is Harrogate.

Harrogate on a map

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

Which county is Harrogate in?

Harrogate 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 Harrogate in North Yorkshire?

Harrogate is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Harrogate within North Yorkshire
Location of Harrogate within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Harrogate?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Harrogate is HG1 2RE.

Where is Harrogate in HG1?

Harrogate is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the HG1 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the HG1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Harrogate within HG1
Location of Harrogate within HG1

What is the post town for Harrogate?

The post town for Harrogate is Harrogate. Harrogate is in the HG1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Harrogate.

What is the latitude and longitude of Harrogate?

The centre of Harrogate is located at position 53.99374° latitude and -1.5431° longitude.

Latitude53.99374°
Longitude-1.5431°

What is the easting and northing of Harrogate?

The centre of Harrogate is located at the grid reference easting 430053 and northing 455396 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting430053
Northing455396

What are the nearest towns to Harrogate?

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

west
3m
Harrogate is 3 miles west of Knaresborough
north-west
8m
Harrogate is 8 miles north-west of Wetherby
north-east
9m
Harrogate is 9 miles north-east of Otley
south-west
9m
Harrogate is 9 miles south-west of Boroughbridge
north-east
11m
Harrogate is 11 miles north-east of Yeadon
north-east
11m
Harrogate is 11 miles north-east of Guiseley
south-east
11m
Harrogate is 11 miles south-east of Pateley Bridge
north-east
12m
Harrogate is 12 miles north-east of Ilkley
north-east
13m
Harrogate is 13 miles north-east of Baildon
north-west
14m
Harrogate is 14 miles north-west of Tadcaster

What are the nearest cities to Harrogate?

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

south
10m
Harrogate is 10 miles south of Ripon
north
13m
Harrogate is 13 miles north of Leeds
north-east
16m
Harrogate is 16 miles north-east of Bradford
west
19m
Harrogate is 19 miles west of York
north
22m
Harrogate is 22 miles north of Wakefield
north-west
37m
Harrogate is 37 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
42m
Harrogate is 42 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
46m
Harrogate is 46 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
47m
Harrogate is 47 miles north-east of Salford
east
50m
Harrogate is 50 miles east of Preston

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