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Where is Scholes?

Scholes is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles north-west of the town of Garforth, five miles east of the major city of Leeds, 163 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 169 miles north of London. Scholes lies four miles south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scholes falls within the metropolitan district council of Leeds. It is in the LS15 postcode district. The post town for Scholes is Leeds.

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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 northernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity 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 LS15 4BX.

Where is Scholes in LS15?

Scholes is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LS15 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LS15 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scholes within LS15
Location of Scholes within LS15

What is the post town for Scholes?

The post town for Scholes is Leeds. Scholes is in the LS15 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leeds.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at position 53.82895° latitude and -1.43022° longitude.

Latitude53.82895°
Longitude-1.43022°

What is the easting and northing of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at the grid reference easting 437600 and northing 437115 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting437600
Northing437115

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.

north-west
3m
Scholes is 3 miles north-west of Garforth
north
6m
Scholes is 6 miles north of Rothwell
south
7m
Scholes is 7 miles south of Wetherby
north-west
8m
Scholes is 8 miles north-west of Castleford
south-west
8m
Scholes is 8 miles south-west of Tadcaster
north-east
9m
Scholes is 9 miles north-east of Morley
north
9m
Scholes is 9 miles north of Normanton
east
10m
Scholes is 10 miles east of Pudsey
north-west
11m
Scholes is 11 miles north-west of Pontefract
east
11m
Scholes is 11 miles east of Yeadon

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.

east
5m
Scholes is 5 miles east of Leeds
north
10m
Scholes is 10 miles north of Wakefield
east
14m
Scholes is 14 miles east of Bradford
south-west
17m
Scholes is 17 miles south-west of York
south
22m
Scholes is 22 miles south of Ripon
north-west
24m
Scholes is 24 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
31m
Scholes is 31 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
41m
Scholes is 41 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
43m
Scholes is 43 miles north-east of Salford
west
45m
Scholes is 45 miles west of Kingston upon Hull

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