Kirkhamgate

Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate
Kirkhamgate shown 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
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
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 / 53.6971; -1.5471Coordinates: 53°41′50″N 1°32′50″W / 53.6971°N 1.5471°W / 53.6971; -1.5471

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.

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.

Kirkhamgate holds an annual scarecrow festival in September.

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