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Where is Wentbridge?

Wentbridge is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, four miles south-east of the town of Pontefract, ten miles east of the major city of Wakefield, and 155 miles north of London. Wentbridge lies just south of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Wentbridge falls within the metropolitan district council of Wakefield. It is in the WF8 postcode district. The post town for Wentbridge is Pontefract.

Wentbridge on a map

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

Which county is Wentbridge in?

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

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Wentbridge in West Yorkshire?

Wentbridge is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

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

What is the postcode for Wentbridge?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wentbridge is WF8 3JR.

Where is Wentbridge in WF8?

Wentbridge is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WF8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WF8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wentbridge within WF8
Location of Wentbridge within WF8

What is the post town for Wentbridge?

The post town for Wentbridge is Pontefract. Wentbridge is in the WF8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Pontefract.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wentbridge?

The centre of Wentbridge is located at position 53.65003° latitude and -1.26275° longitude.

Latitude53.65003°
Longitude-1.26275°

What is the easting and northing of Wentbridge?

The centre of Wentbridge is located at the grid reference easting 448829 and northing 417311 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting448829
Northing417311

What are the nearest towns to Wentbridge?

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

south-east
4m
Wentbridge is 4 miles south-east of Pontefract
north
4m
Wentbridge is 4 miles north of South Elmsall
south
4m
Wentbridge is 4 miles south of Knottingley
south-east
4m
Wentbridge is 4 miles south-east of Featherstone
north-east
4m
Wentbridge is 4 miles north-east of Hemsworth
north-east
5m
Wentbridge is 5 miles north-east of South Kirkby
north-west
6m
Wentbridge is 6 miles north-west of Adwick le Street
south-east
6m
Wentbridge is 6 miles south-east of Castleford
south-east
7m
Wentbridge is 7 miles south-east of Normanton
north
8m
Wentbridge is 8 miles north of Thurnscoe

What are the nearest cities to Wentbridge?

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

east
10m
Wentbridge is 10 miles east of Wakefield
north-west
10m
Wentbridge is 10 miles north-west of Doncaster
south-east
16m
Wentbridge is 16 miles south-east of Leeds
north-east
20m
Wentbridge is 20 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
22m
Wentbridge is 22 miles south-east of Bradford
south
23m
Wentbridge is 23 miles south of York
south
35m
Wentbridge is 35 miles south of Ripon
west
39m
Wentbridge is 39 miles west of Kingston upon Hull
north-west
41m
Wentbridge is 41 miles north-west of Lincoln
east
42m
Wentbridge is 42 miles east of Manchester