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Where is Sowood?

Sowood is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south-west of the town of Elland, four miles south of the major town of Halifax, 160 miles north of Cardiff, and 166 miles north-west of London. Sowood lies six miles north-east of the Greater Manchester border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Sowood falls within the metropolitan district council of Calderdale. It is in the HX4 postcode district. The post town for Sowood is Halifax.

Sowood on a map

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

Which county is Sowood in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Sowood in West Yorkshire?

Sowood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Sowood within West Yorkshire
Location of Sowood within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Sowood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sowood is HX4 9JQ.

Where is Sowood in HX4?

Sowood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HX4 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HX4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sowood within HX4
Location of Sowood within HX4

What is the post town for Sowood?

The post town for Sowood is Halifax. Sowood is in the HX4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Halifax.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sowood?

The centre of Sowood is located at position 53.66329° latitude and -1.88374° longitude.

Latitude53.66329°
Longitude-1.88374°

What is the easting and northing of Sowood?

The centre of Sowood is located at the grid reference easting 407780 and northing 418540 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting407780
Northing418540

What are the nearest towns to Sowood?

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

south-west
2m
Sowood is 2 miles south-west of Elland
south-east
4m
Sowood is 4 miles south-east of Sowerby Bridge
south
4m
Sowood is 4 miles south of Halifax
west
4m
Sowood is 4 miles west of Huddersfield
south-west
5m
Sowood is 5 miles south-west of Brighouse
north
5m
Sowood is 5 miles north of Meltham
north-west
8m
Sowood is 8 miles north-west of Holmfirth
south-east
8m
Sowood is 8 miles south-east of Hebden Bridge
west
8m
Sowood is 8 miles west of Mirfield
south-west
8m
Sowood is 8 miles south-west of Cleckheaton

What are the nearest cities to Sowood?

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

south-west
10m
Sowood is 10 miles south-west of Bradford
west
16m
Sowood is 16 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
17m
Sowood is 17 miles south-west of Leeds
north-east
20m
Sowood is 20 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
21m
Sowood is 21 miles north-east of Salford
north-west
26m
Sowood is 26 miles north-west of Sheffield
west
32m
Sowood is 32 miles west of Doncaster
east
34m
Sowood is 34 miles east of Preston
south-west
36m
Sowood is 36 miles south-west of Ripon
south-west
39m
Sowood is 39 miles south-west of York