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Where is Sowerby Bridge?

Sowerby Bridge is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles west of the major town of Halifax, 162 miles north of Cardiff, 163 miles south of Edinburgh, and 169 miles north-west of London. Sowerby Bridge lies five miles north-east of the Greater Manchester border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Sowerby Bridge falls within the metropolitan district council of Calderdale. It is in the HX6 postcode district. The post town for Sowerby Bridge is Sowerby Bridge.

Sowerby Bridge on a map

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

Which county is Sowerby Bridge in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire?

Sowerby Bridge is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of West Yorkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Sowerby Bridge within West Yorkshire
Location of Sowerby Bridge within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Sowerby Bridge?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sowerby Bridge is HX6 1HU.

Where is Sowerby Bridge in HX6?

Sowerby Bridge is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the HX6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HX6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sowerby Bridge within HX6
Location of Sowerby Bridge within HX6

What is the post town for Sowerby Bridge?

The post town for Sowerby Bridge is Sowerby Bridge. Sowerby Bridge is in the HX6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Sowerby Bridge.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sowerby Bridge?

The centre of Sowerby Bridge is located at position 53.70528° latitude and -1.93737° longitude.

Latitude53.70528°
Longitude-1.93737°

What is the easting and northing of Sowerby Bridge?

The centre of Sowerby Bridge is located at the grid reference easting 404232 and northing 423207 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting404232
Northing423207

What are the nearest towns to Sowerby Bridge?

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

west
3m
Sowerby Bridge is 3 miles west of Halifax
south-east
4m
Sowerby Bridge is 4 miles south-east of Hebden Bridge
west
4m
Sowerby Bridge is 4 miles west of Elland
west
6m
Sowerby Bridge is 6 miles west of Brighouse
east
7m
Sowerby Bridge is 7 miles east of Todmorden
north-west
8m
Sowerby Bridge is 8 miles north-west of Huddersfield
north-east
8m
Sowerby Bridge is 8 miles north-east of Littleborough
north-west
9m
Sowerby Bridge is 9 miles north-west of Meltham
west
9m
Sowerby Bridge is 9 miles west of Cleckheaton
north-east
10m
Sowerby Bridge is 10 miles north-east of Milnrow

What are the nearest cities to Sowerby Bridge?

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

south-west
10m
Sowerby Bridge is 10 miles south-west of Bradford
south-west
17m
Sowerby Bridge is 17 miles south-west of Leeds
west
18m
Sowerby Bridge is 18 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
20m
Sowerby Bridge is 20 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
21m
Sowerby Bridge is 21 miles north-east of Salford
north-west
30m
Sowerby Bridge is 30 miles north-west of Sheffield
east
31m
Sowerby Bridge is 31 miles east of Preston
south-west
34m
Sowerby Bridge is 34 miles south-west of Ripon
west
35m
Sowerby Bridge is 35 miles west of Doncaster
south-west
39m
Sowerby Bridge is 39 miles south-west of York

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