Shelf

Shelf is a village in the district of , England. The village is situated approximately 3 miles north-east of and 5 miles south-west of , on the A6036 road.
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Photo: Alan Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 11,600 residents
  • Description: village in West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Shelf, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bethel Chapel and St Michael and All Angels Church, Shelf, West Yorkshire.

Church
Photo: Mark Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an independent Methodist chapel in Halifax Road, Shelf, Yorkshire. Records compiled in 2007 show that 4,938 people have been buried in the graveyard there since it opened in 1852, including three Elizabeth Taylors and one Isaac Newton.

School
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St. Michael and All Angels Church in Shelf, , England, is dedicated to Saint Michael.

Pub
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttershaw and Coley.

Suburb
is a residential area of , , England. It is bounded by Horton Bank Top to the north, to the east, Woodside to the south and Shelf to the west.

Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village that is situated some 3.5 kilometres north-east of the town of in the English county of . lies in the unparished area of the borough of , who are responsible for all local government activity in the village and surrounding areas.

Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
is a village lying north-east of the town of in , , England. It stands on the north side of Shibden valley. stands on the southern side of the valley.

Shelf

Latitude
53.75371° or 53° 45′ 13″ north
Longitude
-1.8159° or 1° 48′ 57″ west
Population
11,600
Elevation
860 feet (262 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SLF
Open location code
9C5WQ53M+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 51670070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11549259
Wiki­data ID
Q7493587
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Satellite Map

Discover Shelf from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Shelf” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Shelf”
  • Albanian: “Shelf”
  • Aragonese: “Shelf”
  • Basque: “Shelf”
  • Bosnian: “Shelf”
  • Breton: “Shelf”
  • Catalan: “Shelf”
  • Cebuano: “Shelf”
  • Croatian: “Shelf”
  • Czech: “Shelf”
  • Danish: “Shelf”
  • Dutch: “Shelf”
  • Esperanto: “Shelf”
  • Estonian: “Shelf”
  • Finnish: “Shelf”
  • French: “Shelf”
  • Galician: “Shelf”
  • German: “Shelf”
  • Hungarian: “Shelf”
  • Icelandic: “Shelf”
  • Irish: “Shelf”
  • Italian: “Shelf”
  • Lithuanian: “Shelf”
  • Lombard: “Shelf”
  • Low German: “Shelf”
  • Luxembourgish: “Shelf”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelf”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shelf”
  • Piemontese: “Shelf”
  • Polish: “Shelf (West Yorkshire)”
  • Polish: “Shelf”
  • Portuguese: “Shelf”
  • Romanian: “Shelf”
  • Slovak: “Shelf”
  • Slovenian: “Shelf”
  • Spanish: “Shelf”
  • Swedish: “Shelf, England”
  • Swedish: “Shelf”
  • Swiss German: “Shelf”
  • Turkish: “Shelf”
  • Venetian: “Shelf”
  • Walloon: “Shelf”
  • Welsh: “Shelf”

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