It is situated between Cross Gates to the north, Austhorpe to the east, Killingbeck to the west, Colton to the south-east and Halton to the south-west.

[2] Hollyshaw Lane, which links Whitkirk with Cross Gates, was formerly known as "Allershaw", referring to local alder trees (cf.

[3] The renowned civil engineer John Smeaton was born in the local parish of Austhorpe and is buried in Whitkirk churchyard.

It is also home to a Premier Inn, directly next to the Brown Cow public house, a gym, a Co-op, a carpet shop, an undertaker and an estate agent.

The Temple Newsam War Memorial can be found a few hundred yards along Selby Road towards Halton.