Garforth
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For people with the name, see Garforth (name). For the island in Alaska, see Garforth Island.
Garforth (/ˈɡɑːrfərθ/) is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Garforth | |
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Shopping Parade, Main Street | |
Population | 19,811 (Garforth and Swillington Ward. 2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE403330 |
• London | 165 mi (266 km) SSE |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LEEDS |
Postcode district | LS25 |
Dialling code | 0113 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
53.792°N 1.388°W / 53.792; -1.388 |
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It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Elmet and Rothwell parliamentary constituency. As of 2011, the population of Garforth was 14,957, having decreased since the last census.[lower-alpha 1][2] It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east of Central Leeds, 16 miles (26 km) south-west of York and 10 miles (16 km) north of Wakefield. It is mostly an Un-Parished area, like much of Greater Leeds.