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Where is Pontefract?

Pontefract is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north-east of the town of Featherstone, eight miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 158 miles north of London. Pontefract lies two miles south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Pontefract falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF8 postcode district. The post town for Pontefract is Pontefract.

Pontefract on a map

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

Which county is Pontefract in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Pontefract in West Yorkshire?

Pontefract 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 Pontefract within West Yorkshire
Location of Pontefract within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Pontefract?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Pontefract is WF8 1PG.

Where is Pontefract in WF8?

Pontefract is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WF8 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the WF8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Pontefract within WF8
Location of Pontefract within WF8

What is the post town for Pontefract?

The post town for Pontefract is Pontefract. Pontefract is in the WF8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Pontefract.

What is the latitude and longitude of Pontefract?

The centre of Pontefract is located at position 53.69237° latitude and -1.30964° longitude.

Latitude53.69237°
Longitude-1.30964°

What is the easting and northing of Pontefract?

The centre of Pontefract is located at the grid reference easting 445684 and northing 421990 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting445684
Northing421990

What are the nearest towns to Pontefract?

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

north-east
2m
Pontefract is 2 miles north-east of Featherstone
south-east
3m
Pontefract is 3 miles south-east of Castleford
south-west
3m
Pontefract is 3 miles south-west of Knottingley
east
4m
Pontefract is 4 miles east of Normanton
north
6m
Pontefract is 6 miles north of Hemsworth
north
7m
Pontefract is 7 miles north of South Kirkby
north
7m
Pontefract is 7 miles north of South Elmsall
south-east
8m
Pontefract is 8 miles south-east of Garforth
south-east
8m
Pontefract is 8 miles south-east of Rothwell
north-east
9m
Pontefract is 9 miles north-east of Royston

What are the nearest cities to Pontefract?

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

east
8m
Pontefract is 8 miles east of Wakefield
south-east
12m
Pontefract is 12 miles south-east of Leeds
north-west
14m
Pontefract is 14 miles north-west of Doncaster
east
19m
Pontefract is 19 miles east of Bradford
south-west
21m
Pontefract is 21 miles south-west of York
north
22m
Pontefract is 22 miles north of Sheffield
south
32m
Pontefract is 32 miles south of Ripon
west
40m
Pontefract is 40 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
east
41m
Pontefract is 41 miles east of Manchester
east
43m
Pontefract is 43 miles east of Salford

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