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  1. Scholes

Where is Scholes?

Scholes is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles west of the town of Cleckheaton, four miles south of the major city of Bradford, 164 miles south of Edinburgh, 167 miles north of Cardiff, and 167 miles north-west of London. Scholes was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scholes falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the BD19 postcode district. The post town for Scholes is Cleckheaton.

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 roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities 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 BD19 6EN.

Where is Scholes in BD19?

Scholes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BD19 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the BD19 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scholes within BD19
Location of Scholes within BD19

What is the post town for Scholes?

The post town for Scholes is Cleckheaton. Scholes is in the BD19 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cleckheaton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at position 53.72973° latitude and -1.74954° longitude.

Latitude53.72973°
Longitude-1.74954°

What is the easting and northing of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at the grid reference easting 416622 and northing 425955 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting416622
Northing425955

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.

west
2m
Scholes is 2 miles west of Cleckheaton
north-east
2m
Scholes is 2 miles north-east of Brighouse
north-west
2m
Scholes is 2 miles north-west of Liversedge
north-west
3m
Scholes is 3 miles north-west of Heckmondwike
north-west
4m
Scholes is 4 miles north-west of Mirfield
east
5m
Scholes is 5 miles east of Halifax
north-east
5m
Scholes is 5 miles north-east of Elland
west
5m
Scholes is 5 miles west of Batley
north-west
6m
Scholes is 6 miles north-west of Dewsbury
south-west
6m
Scholes is 6 miles south-west of Pudsey

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
4m
Scholes is 4 miles south of Bradford
south-west
10m
Scholes is 10 miles south-west of Leeds
west
11m
Scholes is 11 miles west of Wakefield
north-west
27m
Scholes is 27 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
27m
Scholes is 27 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
28m
Scholes is 28 miles north-east of Salford
north-west
29m
Scholes is 29 miles north-west of Doncaster
south
30m
Scholes is 30 miles south of Ripon
south-west
32m
Scholes is 32 miles south-west of York
east
39m
Scholes is 39 miles east of Preston

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