Kirkhamgate

Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate
	Brandy Carr Road, the main street in Kirkhamgate
	Kirkhamgate Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE300224
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WAKEFIELD
Postcode district	WF2
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Morley and Outwood;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′50″N 1°32′50″W / 53.6971°N 1.5471°W

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.