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Sowood, West Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°39′43″N 1°52′51″W / 53.662045°N 1.880791°W / 53.662045; -1.880791
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Sowood
View over Sowood from Sowood Hill
Sowood is located in Calderdale
Sowood
Sowood
Sowood is located in West Yorkshire
Sowood
Sowood
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE079184
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Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHALIFAX
Postcode districtHX4
Dialling code01422
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53°39′43″N 1°52′51″W / 53.662045°N 1.880791°W / 53.662045; -1.880791

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 and 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Halifax.

Geography

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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.

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