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Where is Scotton?

Scotton is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north-west of the town of Knaresborough, three miles north-east of the major town of Harrogate, 149 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 183 miles north of London. Scotton lies seven miles north of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scotton falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the HG5 postcode district. The post town for Scotton is Knaresborough.

Scotton on a map

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

Which county is Scotton in?

Scotton is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Scotton in North Yorkshire?

Scotton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Scotton within North Yorkshire
Location of Scotton within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Scotton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scotton is HG5 9HU.

Where is Scotton in HG5?

Scotton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HG5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the HG5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scotton within HG5
Location of Scotton within HG5

What is the post town for Scotton?

The post town for Scotton is Knaresborough. Scotton is in the HG5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Knaresborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scotton?

The centre of Scotton is located at position 54.02878° latitude and -1.50389° longitude.

Latitude54.02878°
Longitude-1.50389°

What is the easting and northing of Scotton?

The centre of Scotton is located at the grid reference easting 432596 and northing 459313 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting432596
Northing459313

What are the nearest towns to Scotton?

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

north-west
2m
Scotton is 2 miles north-west of Knaresborough
north-east
3m
Scotton is 3 miles north-east of Harrogate
south-west
6m
Scotton is 6 miles south-west of Boroughbridge
north-west
8m
Scotton is 8 miles north-west of Wetherby
east
11m
Scotton is 11 miles east of Pateley Bridge
north-east
12m
Scotton is 12 miles north-east of Otley
north-east
13m
Scotton is 13 miles north-east of Yeadon
north-east
14m
Scotton is 14 miles north-east of Guiseley
north-west
14m
Scotton is 14 miles north-west of Tadcaster
south-west
14m
Scotton is 14 miles south-west of Easingwold

What are the nearest cities to Scotton?

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

south
7m
Scotton is 7 miles south of Ripon
north
16m
Scotton is 16 miles north of Leeds
west
18m
Scotton is 18 miles west of York
north-east
19m
Scotton is 19 miles north-east of Bradford
north
24m
Scotton is 24 miles north of Wakefield
north-west
38m
Scotton is 38 miles north-west of Doncaster
north
45m
Scotton is 45 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
49m
Scotton is 49 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
50m
Scotton is 50 miles north-east of Salford
west
52m
Scotton is 52 miles west of Kingston upon Hull

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