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Where is Four Gates?

Four Gates is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, one mile north-west of the town of Westhoughton, four miles east of the major town of Wigan, 147 miles north of Cardiff, 167 miles south of Edinburgh, and 174 miles north-west of London. Four Gates lies two miles south of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Four Gates falls within the metropolitan district council of Bolton. It is in the BL5 postcode district. The post town for Four Gates is Bolton.

Four Gates on a map

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

Which county is Four Gates in?

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

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Four Gates in Greater Manchester?

Four Gates 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 Four Gates within Greater Manchester
Location of Four Gates within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Four Gates?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Four Gates is BL5 3LZ.

Where is Four Gates in BL5?

Four Gates is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the BL5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the BL5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Four Gates within BL5
Location of Four Gates within BL5

What is the post town for Four Gates?

The post town for Four Gates is Bolton. Four Gates is in the BL5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bolton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Four Gates?

The centre of Four Gates is located at position 53.56507° latitude and -2.54083° longitude.

Latitude53.56507°
Longitude-2.54083°

What is the easting and northing of Four Gates?

The centre of Four Gates is located at the grid reference easting 364277 and northing 407743 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting364277
Northing407743

What are the nearest towns to Four Gates?

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

north-west
1m
Four Gates is 1 mile north-west of Westhoughton
south
2m
Four Gates is 2 miles south of Horwich
north-east
3m
Four Gates is 3 miles north-east of Hindley
north-east
3m
Four Gates is 3 miles north-east of Ince-in-Makerfield
north-west
4m
Four Gates is 4 miles north-west of Atherton
east
4m
Four Gates is 4 miles east of Wigan
south-east
4m
Four Gates is 4 miles south-east of Adlington
west
5m
Four Gates is 5 miles west of Bolton
north-west
5m
Four Gates is 5 miles north-west of Tyldesley
north
5m
Four Gates is 5 miles north of Leigh

What are the nearest cities to Four Gates?

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

north-west
12m
Four Gates is 12 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
14m
Four Gates is 14 miles north-west of Manchester
south-east
15m
Four Gates is 15 miles south-east of Preston
north-east
21m
Four Gates is 21 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-east
30m
Four Gates is 30 miles north-east of Chester
south
35m
Four Gates is 35 miles south of Lancaster
south-west
36m
Four Gates is 36 miles south-west of Bradford
north-east
40m
Four Gates is 40 miles north-east of Wrexham
north
41m
Four Gates is 41 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent
north-east
43m
Four Gates is 43 miles north-east of St Asaph