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Where is Eccleston?

Eccleston is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles south-west of the town of Leyland, eight miles south of the major city of Preston, 151 miles north of Cardiff, 160 miles south of Edinburgh, and 184 miles north-west of London. Eccleston lies four miles north-west of the Greater Manchester border. Eccleston falls within the district council of Chorley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR7 postcode district. The post town for Eccleston is Chorley.

Eccleston on a map

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

Which county is Eccleston in?

Eccleston 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 Eccleston in Lancashire?

Eccleston is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Eccleston within Lancashire
Location of Eccleston within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Eccleston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Eccleston is PR7 5RT.

Where is Eccleston in PR7?

Eccleston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR7 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the PR7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Eccleston within PR7
Location of Eccleston within PR7

What is the post town for Eccleston?

The post town for Eccleston is Chorley. Eccleston is in the PR7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chorley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Eccleston?

The centre of Eccleston is located at position 53.65103° latitude and -2.7331° longitude.

Latitude53.65103°
Longitude-2.7331°

What is the easting and northing of Eccleston?

The centre of Eccleston is located at the grid reference easting 351641 and northing 417420 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting351641
Northing417420

What are the nearest towns to Eccleston?

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

south-west
3m
Eccleston is 3 miles south-west of Leyland
west
4m
Eccleston is 4 miles west of Chorley
north-west
5m
Eccleston is 5 miles north-west of Standish
north-west
6m
Eccleston is 6 miles north-west of Adlington
south-west
6m
Eccleston is 6 miles south-west of Bamber Bridge
north
7m
Eccleston is 7 miles north of Skelmersdale
north-east
8m
Eccleston is 8 miles north-east of Ormskirk
north-west
8m
Eccleston is 8 miles north-west of Wigan
north-west
8m
Eccleston is 8 miles north-west of Horwich
south-east
9m
Eccleston is 9 miles south-east of Freckleton

What are the nearest cities to Eccleston?

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

south
8m
Eccleston is 8 miles south of Preston
north-east
20m
Eccleston is 20 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-west
22m
Eccleston is 22 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
23m
Eccleston is 23 miles north-west of Manchester
south
28m
Eccleston is 28 miles south of Lancaster
north
33m
Eccleston is 33 miles north of Chester
north-east
40m
Eccleston is 40 miles north-east of St Asaph
west
41m
Eccleston is 41 miles west of Bradford
north
43m
Eccleston is 43 miles north of Wrexham
north-west
49m
Eccleston is 49 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent

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