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Where is Crankwood?

Crankwood is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, two miles north-east of the town of Golborne, four miles south-east of the major town of Wigan, 142 miles north of Cardiff, and 171 miles north-west of London. Crankwood lies two miles north of the Cheshire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Crankwood falls within the metropolitan district council of Wigan. It is in the WN7 postcode district. The post town for Crankwood is Leigh.

Crankwood on a map

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

Which county is Crankwood in?

Crankwood is in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, and the historic county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Crankwood in Greater Manchester?

Crankwood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Greater Manchester, and towards the westernmost extremity of Greater Manchester.

Map showing location of Crankwood within Greater Manchester
Location of Crankwood within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Crankwood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Crankwood is WN7 4PU.

Where is Crankwood in WN7?

Crankwood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WN7 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the WN7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Crankwood within WN7
Location of Crankwood within WN7

What is the post town for Crankwood?

The post town for Crankwood is Leigh. Crankwood is in the WN7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leigh.

What is the latitude and longitude of Crankwood?

The centre of Crankwood is located at position 53.49475° latitude and -2.56696° longitude.

Latitude53.49475°
Longitude-2.56696°

What is the easting and northing of Crankwood?

The centre of Crankwood is located at the grid reference easting 362484 and northing 399933 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting362484
Northing399933

What are the nearest towns to Crankwood?

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

north-east
2m
Crankwood is 2 miles north-east of Golborne
west
2m
Crankwood is 2 miles west of Leigh
south
3m
Crankwood is 3 miles south of Hindley
east
3m
Crankwood is 3 miles east of Ashton-in-Makerfield
south-east
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles south-east of Ince-in-Makerfield
south-west
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles south-west of Atherton
south-west
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles south-west of Westhoughton
north-east
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles north-east of Newton-le-Willows
west
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles west of Tyldesley
south-east
4m
Crankwood is 4 miles south-east of Wigan

What are the nearest cities to Crankwood?

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

west
11m
Crankwood is 11 miles west of Salford
west
13m
Crankwood is 13 miles west of Manchester
east
18m
Crankwood is 18 miles east of Liverpool
south
19m
Crankwood is 19 miles south of Preston
north-east
25m
Crankwood is 25 miles north-east of Chester
north-east
36m
Crankwood is 36 miles north-east of Wrexham
north-west
37m
Crankwood is 37 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
39m
Crankwood is 39 miles south-west of Bradford
south
40m
Crankwood is 40 miles south of Lancaster
north-east
40m
Crankwood is 40 miles north-east of St Asaph