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  1. Bowburn

Where is Bowburn?

Bowburn is located in the county of Durham, North East England, three miles north of the town of Ferryhill, 13 miles south-west of the major city of Sunderland, 107 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 230 miles north of London. Bowburn lies five miles south of the Tyne & Wear border. Bowburn falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DH6 postcode district. The post town for Bowburn is Durham.

Bowburn on a map

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

Which county is Bowburn in?

Bowburn is in the ceremonial county of Durham, the historic county of Durham, and the administrative county of County Durham.

Ceremonial CountyDurham
Historic CountyDurham
Administrative CountyCounty Durham

Where is Bowburn in Durham?

Bowburn is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Durham, and towards the easternmost extremity of Durham.

Map showing location of Bowburn within Durham
Location of Bowburn within Durham

What is the postcode for Bowburn?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Bowburn is DH6 5AA.

Where is Bowburn in DH6?

Bowburn is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DH6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DH6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Bowburn within DH6
Location of Bowburn within DH6

What is the post town for Bowburn?

The post town for Bowburn is Durham. Bowburn is in the DH6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Durham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Bowburn?

The centre of Bowburn is located at position 54.73545° latitude and -1.52746° longitude.

Latitude54.73545°
Longitude-1.52746°

What is the easting and northing of Bowburn?

The centre of Bowburn is located at the grid reference easting 430525 and northing 537933 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting430525
Northing537933

What are the nearest towns to Bowburn?

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

north
3m
Bowburn is 3 miles north of Ferryhill
north-east
4m
Bowburn is 4 miles north-east of Spennymoor
north-west
6m
Bowburn is 6 miles north-west of Sedgefield
south-west
7m
Bowburn is 7 miles south-west of Hetton-le-Hole
east
7m
Bowburn is 7 miles east of Willington
north-east
8m
Bowburn is 8 miles north-east of Bishop Auckland
south
8m
Bowburn is 8 miles south of Houghton-le-Spring
west
8m
Bowburn is 8 miles west of Peterlee
north
8m
Bowburn is 8 miles north of Newton Aycliffe
north-east
8m
Bowburn is 8 miles north-east of Shildon

What are the nearest cities to Bowburn?

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

south-east
4m
Bowburn is 4 miles south-east of Durham
south-west
13m
Bowburn is 13 miles south-west of Sunderland
south
17m
Bowburn is 17 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
41m
Bowburn is 41 miles north of Ripon
north
56m
Bowburn is 56 miles north of York
east
57m
Bowburn is 57 miles east of Carlisle
north
65m
Bowburn is 65 miles north of Leeds
north
66m
Bowburn is 66 miles north of Bradford
north-east
70m
Bowburn is 70 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
73m
Bowburn is 73 miles north of Wakefield

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