Sowood, West Yorkshire
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| Sowood | |
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 View over Sowood from Sowood Hill | |
  Sowood  Sowood Location within West Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SE079184 |
| Civil parish | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HALIFAX |
| Postcode district | HX4 |
| Dialling code | 01422 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Sowood is a village in the civil parish of Stainland and District, in the Calderdale district of West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council. It is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Elland, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north-west of Huddersfield[1] and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Halifax.
Geography
[edit]Sowood, one of the highest places in Calderdale, is 280 metres (920 ft) above sea level. The main road through the village, the B6112, which links it to Stainland, Greetland, and Outlane. It is close to the Calderdale and Kirklees district boundary.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Aslet, Clive (15 August 2011). Villages of Britain The Five Hundred Villages that Made the Countryside. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408817995.
- ^ "B6112". Sabre. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
External links
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