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Where is Acre?

Acre is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, one mile north of the town of Haslingden, six miles south-west of the major town of Burnley, 158 miles south of Edinburgh, 159 miles north of Cardiff, and 178 miles north-west of London. Acre lies four miles north of the Greater Manchester border. Acre falls within the district council of Rossendale, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB4 postcode district. The post town for Acre is Rossendale.

Acre on a map

Map showing extent of Acre as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Acre
Map showing location of Acre within the UK
Location of Acre within the UK

Which county is Acre in?

Acre is in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, the historic county of Lancashire, and the administrative county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyLancashire

Where is Acre in Lancashire?

Acre is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Acre within Lancashire
Location of Acre within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Acre?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Acre is BB4 5AY.

Where is Acre in BB4?

Acre is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB4 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BB4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Acre within BB4
Location of Acre within BB4

What is the post town for Acre?

The post town for Acre is Rossendale. Acre is in the BB4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Rossendale.

What is the latitude and longitude of Acre?

The centre of Acre is located at position 53.72033° latitude and -2.32413° longitude.

Latitude53.72033°
Longitude-2.32413°

What is the easting and northing of Acre?

The centre of Acre is located at the grid reference easting 378708 and northing 424929 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting378708
Northing424929

What are the nearest towns to Acre?

Position of Acre relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Acre to the centre of the town.

north
1m
Acre is 1 mile north of Haslingden
north-west
2m
Acre is 2 miles north-west of Rawtenstall
south-east
3m
Acre is 3 miles south-east of Accrington
south-east
3m
Acre is 3 miles south-east of Oswaldtwistle
south-east
4m
Acre is 4 miles south-east of Church
south-east
4m
Acre is 4 miles south-east of Clayton-le-Moors
north
5m
Acre is 5 miles north of Ramsbottom
south-east
5m
Acre is 5 miles south-east of Rishton
west
5m
Acre is 5 miles west of Bacup
south
6m
Acre is 6 miles south of Padiham

What are the nearest cities to Acre?

Position of Acre relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Acre to the centre of the city.

east
16m
Acre is 16 miles east of Preston
north
17m
Acre is 17 miles north of Salford
north
17m
Acre is 17 miles north of Manchester
west
24m
Acre is 24 miles west of Bradford
south-east
30m
Acre is 30 miles south-east of Lancaster
west
32m
Acre is 32 miles west of Leeds
west
34m
Acre is 34 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
34m
Acre is 34 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-west
42m
Acre is 42 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
43m
Acre is 43 miles north-east of Chester