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Where is Heath?

Heath is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 159 miles north of London. Heath lies four miles north-west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Heath falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF1 postcode district. The post town for Heath is Wakefield.

Heath on a map

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

Which county is Heath in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Heath in West Yorkshire?

Heath 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 Heath within West Yorkshire
Location of Heath within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Heath?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Heath is WF1 5SN.

Where is Heath in WF1?

Heath is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF1 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WF1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Heath within WF1
Location of Heath within WF1

What is the post town for Heath?

The post town for Heath is Wakefield. Heath is in the WF1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wakefield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Heath?

The centre of Heath is located at position 53.67526° latitude and -1.46363° longitude.

Latitude53.67526°
Longitude-1.46363°

What is the easting and northing of Heath?

The centre of Heath is located at the grid reference easting 435530 and northing 419999 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting435530
Northing419999

What are the nearest towns to Heath?

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

south-west
3m
Heath is 3 miles south-west of Normanton
east
4m
Heath is 4 miles east of Horbury
west
4m
Heath is 4 miles west of Featherstone
east
5m
Heath is 5 miles east of Ossett
south
5m
Heath is 5 miles south of Rothwell
north
5m
Heath is 5 miles north of Royston
south-west
6m
Heath is 6 miles south-west of Castleford
north-west
6m
Heath is 6 miles north-west of Hemsworth
west
6m
Heath is 6 miles west of Pontefract
east
7m
Heath is 7 miles east of Dewsbury

What are the nearest cities to Heath?

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

east
2m
Heath is 2 miles east of Wakefield
south-east
9m
Heath is 9 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
14m
Heath is 14 miles south-east of Bradford
north-west
17m
Heath is 17 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
20m
Heath is 20 miles north of Sheffield
south-west
25m
Heath is 25 miles south-west of York
south
32m
Heath is 32 miles south of Ripon
north-east
35m
Heath is 35 miles north-east of Manchester
east
37m
Heath is 37 miles east of Salford
west
47m
Heath is 47 miles west of Kingston upon Hull