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  1. Scholes

Where is Scholes?

Scholes is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, one mile south-east of the town of Holmfirth, six miles south of the major town of Huddersfield, 156 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 157 miles north-west of London. Scholes lies two miles west of the South Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scholes falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD9 postcode district. The post town for Scholes is Holmfirth.

Scholes on a map

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

Which county is Scholes in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Scholes in West Yorkshire?

Scholes 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 Scholes within West Yorkshire
Location of Scholes within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Scholes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scholes is HD9 1UA.

Where is Scholes in HD9?

Scholes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HD9 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the HD9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scholes within HD9
Location of Scholes within HD9

What is the post town for Scholes?

The post town for Scholes is Holmfirth. Scholes is in the HD9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Holmfirth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at position 53.56396° latitude and -1.76365° longitude.

Latitude53.56396°
Longitude-1.76365°

What is the easting and northing of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at the grid reference easting 415752 and northing 407508 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting415752
Northing407508

What are the nearest towns to Scholes?

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

south-east
1m
Scholes is 1 mile south-east of Holmfirth
south-east
4m
Scholes is 4 miles south-east of Meltham
south
6m
Scholes is 6 miles south of Huddersfield
north-west
6m
Scholes is 6 miles north-west of Penistone
south
8m
Scholes is 8 miles south of Mirfield
south
9m
Scholes is 9 miles south of Elland
north-west
9m
Scholes is 9 miles north-west of Stocksbridge
south
10m
Scholes is 10 miles south of Brighouse
south-west
10m
Scholes is 10 miles south-west of Dewsbury
south
10m
Scholes is 10 miles south of Liversedge

What are the nearest cities to Scholes?

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

south-west
14m
Scholes is 14 miles south-west of Wakefield
south
16m
Scholes is 16 miles south of Bradford
north-west
17m
Scholes is 17 miles north-west of Sheffield
south-west
19m
Scholes is 19 miles south-west of Leeds
east
21m
Scholes is 21 miles east of Manchester
east
23m
Scholes is 23 miles east of Salford
west
26m
Scholes is 26 miles west of Doncaster
south-west
39m
Scholes is 39 miles south-west of York
east
41m
Scholes is 41 miles east of Preston
south
41m
Scholes is 41 miles south of Ripon

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