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Where is Barbon?

Barbon is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles north-east of the town of Kirkby Lonsdale, 33 miles north of the major city of Preston, 121 miles south of Edinburgh, 192 miles north of Cardiff, and 214 miles north-west of London. Barbon lies two miles north of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Westmorland. Barbon falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the LA6 postcode district. The post town for Barbon is Carnforth.

Barbon on a map

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

Which county is Barbon in?

Barbon is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Westmorland, and the administrative county of Westmorland and Furness.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyWestmorland
Administrative CountyWestmorland and Furness

Where is Barbon in Cumbria?

Barbon is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Cumbria, and towards the easternmost extremity of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Barbon within Cumbria
Location of Barbon within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Barbon?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barbon is LA6 2LL.

Where is Barbon in LA6?

Barbon is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LA6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LA6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barbon within LA6
Location of Barbon within LA6

What is the post town for Barbon?

The post town for Barbon is Carnforth. Barbon is in the LA6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Carnforth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barbon?

The centre of Barbon is located at position 54.23655° latitude and -2.57138° longitude.

Latitude54.23655°
Longitude-2.57138°

What is the easting and northing of Barbon?

The centre of Barbon is located at the grid reference easting 362856 and northing 482468 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting362856
Northing482468

What are the nearest towns to Barbon?

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

north-east
3m
Barbon is 3 miles north-east of Kirkby Lonsdale
south
6m
Barbon is 6 miles south of Sedbergh
north
9m
Barbon is 9 miles north of High Bentham
south-east
10m
Barbon is 10 miles south-east of Kendal
north-east
11m
Barbon is 11 miles north-east of Carnforth
east
14m
Barbon is 14 miles east of Grange-over-Sands
north-east
16m
Barbon is 16 miles north-east of Morecambe
south-east
17m
Barbon is 17 miles south-east of Bowness-on-Windermere
north-west
17m
Barbon is 17 miles north-west of Settle
south-east
17m
Barbon is 17 miles south-east of Windermere

What are the nearest cities to Barbon?

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

north-east
16m
Barbon is 16 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
33m
Barbon is 33 miles north of Preston
west
43m
Barbon is 43 miles west of Ripon
north-west
45m
Barbon is 45 miles north-west of Bradford
south
48m
Barbon is 48 miles south of Carlisle
north-west
51m
Barbon is 51 miles north-west of Leeds
north
53m
Barbon is 53 miles north of Salford
north
54m
Barbon is 54 miles north of Manchester
south-west
55m
Barbon is 55 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
58m
Barbon is 58 miles north-west of Wakefield