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Where is Crawford?

Crawford is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles north-east of the town of Rainford, four miles north of the major town of St Helens, 142 miles north of Cardiff, 169 miles south of Edinburgh, and 177 miles north-west of London. Crawford lies just north-east of the Merseyside border. Crawford falls within the district council of West Lancashire, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the WN8 postcode district.

Crawford on a map

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

Which county is Crawford in?

Crawford is in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, the historic county of Lancashire, and the administrative county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyLancashire

Where is Crawford in Lancashire?

Crawford is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Crawford within Lancashire
Location of Crawford within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Crawford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Crawford is WN8 9QR.

Where is Crawford in WN8?

Crawford is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the WN8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WN8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Crawford within WN8
Location of Crawford within WN8

What is the latitude and longitude of Crawford?

The centre of Crawford is located at position 53.51929° latitude and -2.75808° longitude.

Latitude53.51929°
Longitude-2.75808°

What is the easting and northing of Crawford?

The centre of Crawford is located at the grid reference easting 349834 and northing 402780 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting349834
Northing402780

What are the nearest towns to Crawford?

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

north-east
2m
Crawford is 2 miles north-east of Rainford
south
2m
Crawford is 2 miles south of Skelmersdale
north-west
3m
Crawford is 3 miles north-west of Billinge
north
4m
Crawford is 4 miles north of St Helens
north-west
5m
Crawford is 5 miles north-west of Haydock
north-west
5m
Crawford is 5 miles north-west of Ashton-in-Makerfield
west
6m
Crawford is 6 miles west of Wigan
south-west
6m
Crawford is 6 miles south-west of Standish
north-east
6m
Crawford is 6 miles north-east of Kirkby
west
6m
Crawford is 6 miles west of Ince-in-Makerfield

What are the nearest cities to Crawford?

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

north-east
12m
Crawford is 12 miles north-east of Liverpool
south
17m
Crawford is 17 miles south of Preston
west
19m
Crawford is 19 miles west of Salford
west
21m
Crawford is 21 miles west of Manchester
north
23m
Crawford is 23 miles north of Chester
north-east
34m
Crawford is 34 miles north-east of St Asaph
north
34m
Crawford is 34 miles north of Wrexham
south
37m
Crawford is 37 miles south of Lancaster
north-west
42m
Crawford is 42 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
45m
Crawford is 45 miles south-west of Bradford