Garforth

Garforth () is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Garforth
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Leeds
UK place.population: 19,811
UK place.population_ref: (Garforth and Swillington Ward. 2011 census)
UK place.metropolitan_borough: City of Leeds
UK place.metropolitan_county: West Yorkshire
UK place.region: Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.constituency_westminster: Leeds East
UK place.post_town: LEEDS
UK place.postcode_district: LS25
UK place.postcode_area: LS
UK place.dial_code: 0113
UK place.os_grid_reference: SE403330
UK place.london_distance_mi: 165
UK place.london_direction: SSE

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Wikidata facts

Population: 19811
Image: Shopping Parade, Main Street, Garforth (19th July 2014).JPG
Dialing code: 0113

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postal code: LS25
OS grid reference: SE403330
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Garforth () is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, Yorkshire.

It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency. As of 2011, the population of Garforth was 14,957, having decreased since the last census. It is east of Central Leeds, south-west of York and north of Wakefield. It is mostly an Un-Parished area, like much of Greater Leeds.