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Where is Galgate?

Galgate is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, four miles south of the city of Lancaster, 16 miles north-east of the major town of Blackpool, 137 miles south of Edinburgh, 174 miles north of Cardiff, and 204 miles north-west of London. Galgate lies eight miles south of the Cumbria border. Galgate falls within the district council of Lancaster, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the LA2 postcode district. The post town for Galgate is Lancaster.

Galgate on a map

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

Which county is Galgate in?

Galgate 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 Galgate in Lancashire?

Galgate is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lancashire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Galgate within Lancashire
Location of Galgate within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Galgate?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Galgate is LA2 0LL.

Where is Galgate in LA2?

Galgate is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the LA2 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the LA2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Galgate within LA2
Location of Galgate within LA2

What is the post town for Galgate?

The post town for Galgate is Lancaster. Galgate is in the LA2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lancaster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Galgate?

The centre of Galgate is located at position 53.99173° latitude and -2.78902° longitude.

Latitude53.99173°
Longitude-2.78902°

What is the easting and northing of Galgate?

The centre of Galgate is located at the grid reference easting 348366 and northing 455365 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting348366
Northing455365

What are the nearest towns to Galgate?

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

south-east
6m
Galgate is 6 miles south-east of Heysham
north
6m
Galgate is 6 miles north of Garstang
south-east
6m
Galgate is 6 miles south-east of Morecambe
south
10m
Galgate is 10 miles south of Carnforth
north-east
11m
Galgate is 11 miles north-east of Fleetwood
north-east
12m
Galgate is 12 miles north-east of Thornton
north-east
13m
Galgate is 13 miles north-east of Cleveleys
north-east
13m
Galgate is 13 miles north-east of Poulton-le-Fylde
north-west
13m
Galgate is 13 miles north-west of Longridge
north
14m
Galgate is 14 miles north of Fulwood

What are the nearest cities to Galgate?

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

south
4m
Galgate is 4 miles south of Lancaster
north
16m
Galgate is 16 miles north of Preston
north-west
41m
Galgate is 41 miles north-west of Salford
north
41m
Galgate is 41 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
42m
Galgate is 42 miles north-west of Manchester
west
44m
Galgate is 44 miles west of Bradford
west
52m
Galgate is 52 miles west of Leeds
west
52m
Galgate is 52 miles west of Ripon
north
56m
Galgate is 56 miles north of Chester
west
57m
Galgate is 57 miles west of Wakefield

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