Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate | |
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Brandy Carr Road, the main street in Kirkhamgate | |
Kirkhamgate Location within West Yorkshire | |
OS grid reference | SE300224 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WAKEFIELD |
Postcode district | WF2 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Kirkhamgate is a village, north-west of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Geography[]
Kirkhamgate is situated on rising ground at a junction on the Wakefield to Batley road to the east of the M1 motorway. It is primarily a residential village surrounded by farmland that is part of the Rhubarb Triangle.
Events[]
Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.[1]
References[]
- ^ www.kirkhamgatescarecrows.co.uk Archived 2013-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
Media related to Kirkhamgate at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Villages in West Yorkshire
- Geography of the City of Wakefield
- West Yorkshire geography stubs