Snaith
Built-up area in East Riding of Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 53.689, -1.025 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 64 21 |
| Population: | 3,305 |
Snaith is a small historic market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, set beside the River Aire and close to the M62 corridor. Its position on low-lying river plain and near the Aire and Calder navigation has long shaped its character, giving a mix of riverside scenery and easy road links to nearby centres such as Goole, Hull and Leeds.
Locally Snaith has a strong village-community feel, with roots as a market and agricultural service centre and a compact historic core centred on the parish church, All Saints' Church. The economy remains largely tied to surrounding farming and small businesses, while many residents commute to larger towns; social life revolves around village clubs, sports teams and occasional local fairs and gatherings that reflect its rural heritage.
Postcode districts covering Snaith
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 22.8 miles
- York 18.7 miles
- Rotherham 22.7 miles
- Doncaster 12.1 miles
- Wakefield 19.8 miles
- Scunthorpe 17.1 miles
- Barnsley 20 miles
- Castleford 13.3 miles
- Morley 23.9 miles
- Dewsbury 24.7 miles
- Pontefract 11.5 miles
- Bentley 11.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Snaith and Cowick Parish 1.3 miles
- Gowdall Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Carlton Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Hirst Courtney Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Pollington Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Camblesforth & Carlton Ward 2.3 miles
- Rawcliffe Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Camblesforth Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Sykehouse Parish 3.1 miles
- Temple Hirst Parish 3.2 miles
- Drax Built-up area 3.3 miles
- Heck Parish 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Snaith
DN14 9HN, DN14 9DX, DN14 9EH, DN14 9ED, DN14 9JG, DN14 9QN, DN14 9TL, DN14 9LG, DN14 9DU … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 14.3 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 28.7 miles
- Snaith Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Rawcliffe Railway Station 2.7 miles
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Schools in Snaith
- The Snaith School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Hampole Priory Historic site 11.1 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 12 miles
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 12 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 12.2 miles
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 12.5 miles
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 12.5 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 12.6 miles
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 12.6 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 12.7 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 12.9 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 13.5 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 15.1 miles