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Where is Bow?

Bow is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, four miles west of the major city of Carlisle, 73 miles south of Edinburgh, 236 miles north of Cardiff, and 263 miles north-west of London. Bow lies five miles south-east of the Dumfries border, and was historically in the county of Cumberland. Bow falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA5 postcode district. The post town for Bow is Carlisle.

Bow on a map

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

Which county is Bow in?

Bow is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is Bow in Cumbria?

Bow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Bow within Cumbria
Location of Bow within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Bow?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Bow is CA5 6EN.

Where is Bow in CA5?

Bow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CA5 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Bow within CA5
Location of Bow within CA5

What is the post town for Bow?

The post town for Bow is Carlisle. Bow is in the CA5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Carlisle.

What is the latitude and longitude of Bow?

The centre of Bow is located at position 54.89529° latitude and -3.03761° longitude.

Latitude54.89529°
Longitude-3.03761°

What is the easting and northing of Bow?

The centre of Bow is located at the grid reference easting 333550 and northing 556111 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting333550
Northing556111

What are the nearest towns to Bow?

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

north-east
7m
Bow is 7 miles north-east of Wigton
south
8m
Bow is 8 miles south of Longtown
south-east
11m
Bow is 11 miles south-east of Annan
west
13m
Bow is 13 miles west of Brampton
east
14m
Bow is 14 miles east of Silloth
north-east
15m
Bow is 15 miles north-east of Aspatria
south
18m
Bow is 18 miles south of Langholm
north-west
19m
Bow is 19 miles north-west of Penrith
south-east
20m
Bow is 20 miles south-east of Lockerbie
north-east
21m
Bow is 21 miles north-east of Cockermouth

What are the nearest cities to Bow?

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

west
4m
Bow is 4 miles west of Carlisle
west
57m
Bow is 57 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
west
59m
Bow is 59 miles west of Durham
north
59m
Bow is 59 miles north of Lancaster
west
66m
Bow is 66 miles west of Sunderland
south
73m
Bow is 73 miles south of Edinburgh
north
80m
Bow is 80 miles north of Preston
north-west
80m
Bow is 80 miles north-west of Ripon
south-east
82m
Bow is 82 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
83m
Bow is 83 miles south of Dunfermline