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Where is Bowes?

Bowes is located in the county of Durham, North East England, four miles south-west of the town of Barnard Castle, 18 miles west of the major town of Darlington, 110 miles south-east of Edinburgh, 215 miles north of Cardiff, and 222 miles north of London. Bowes lies three miles north-west of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Bowes falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DL12 postcode district. The post town for Bowes is Barnard Castle.

Bowes on a map

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

Which county is Bowes in?

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

Ceremonial CountyDurham
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyCounty Durham

Where is Bowes in Durham?

Bowes is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Durham, and towards the westernmost extremity of Durham.

Map showing location of Bowes within Durham
Location of Bowes within Durham

What is the postcode for Bowes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Bowes is DL12 9LE.

Where is Bowes in DL12?

Bowes is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DL12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DL12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Bowes within DL12
Location of Bowes within DL12

What is the post town for Bowes?

The post town for Bowes is Barnard Castle. Bowes is in the DL12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnard Castle.

What is the latitude and longitude of Bowes?

The centre of Bowes is located at position 54.51723° latitude and -2.01305° longitude.

Latitude54.51723°
Longitude-2.01305°

What is the easting and northing of Bowes?

The centre of Bowes is located at the grid reference easting 399253 and northing 513548 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting399253
Northing513548

What are the nearest towns to Bowes?

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

south-west
4m
Bowes is 4 miles south-west of Barnard Castle
north-west
14m
Bowes is 14 miles north-west of Richmond
east
14m
Bowes is 14 miles east of Kirkby Stephen
south
16m
Bowes is 16 miles south of Wolsingham
south
16m
Bowes is 16 miles south of Stanhope
north-west
16m
Bowes is 16 miles north-west of Leyburn
south-west
17m
Bowes is 17 miles south-west of Bishop Auckland
south-west
17m
Bowes is 17 miles south-west of Shildon
south-west
17m
Bowes is 17 miles south-west of Crook
south-west
18m
Bowes is 18 miles south-west of Tow Law

What are the nearest cities to Bowes?

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

south-west
25m
Bowes is 25 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
33m
Bowes is 33 miles north-west of Ripon
south-west
36m
Bowes is 36 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
37m
Bowes is 37 miles south-west of Sunderland
south-east
45m
Bowes is 45 miles south-east of Carlisle
north-east
45m
Bowes is 45 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
51m
Bowes is 51 miles north of Bradford
north
53m
Bowes is 53 miles north of Leeds
north-west
54m
Bowes is 54 miles north-west of York
north-east
59m
Bowes is 59 miles north-east of Preston