Gawthorpe
Gawthorpe is a village to the north of Ossett, in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly midway between Wakefield and Dewsbury north of the A638.Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Gawthorpe, Wakefield” and “Gawthorpe, West Riding”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shoulder of Mutton and Ossett Town Hall.
Ossett Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Thedmcmeister, CC BY 3.0.
Ossett Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Ossett, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ossett Borough Council until 1974, is a grade II listed building.
Ossett bus station
Bus station
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ossett is a market town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chickenley and Ossett.
Chickenley
Suburb
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chickenley is a suburban village in the Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is part of Dewsbury after being originally a farming hamlet, half-way between Ossett and Dewsbury.
Ossett
Town
Gawthorpe
- Category: locality
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6923° or 53° 41′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.58639° or 1° 35′ 11″ westElevation
397 feet (121 metres)Open location code
9C5WMCR7+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 291450983OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Gawthorpe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gawthorpe, Wakefield”
- French: “Gawthorpe”
- Irish: “Gawthorpe”
- Polish: “Gawthorpe (Wakefield)”
- Polish: “Gawthorpe”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gawthorpe Community Academy and Gawthorpe Maypole.
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