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Where is Great Altcar?

Great Altcar is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles east of the town of Formby, seven miles south of the major town of Southport, 143 miles north of Cardiff, 166 miles south of Edinburgh, and 186 miles north-west of London. Great Altcar lies just north of the Merseyside border. Great Altcar falls within the district council of West Lancashire, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the L37 postcode district. The post town for Great Altcar is Liverpool.

Great Altcar on a map

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

Which county is Great Altcar in?

Great Altcar 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 Great Altcar in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Great Altcar within Lancashire
Location of Great Altcar within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Great Altcar?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Altcar is L37 5AH.

Where is Great Altcar in L37?

Great Altcar is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the L37 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the L37 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Altcar within L37
Location of Great Altcar within L37

What is the post town for Great Altcar?

The post town for Great Altcar is Liverpool. Great Altcar is in the L37 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Liverpool.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Altcar?

The centre of Great Altcar is located at position 53.5496° latitude and -3.02102° longitude.

Latitude53.5496°
Longitude-3.02102°

What is the easting and northing of Great Altcar?

The centre of Great Altcar is located at the grid reference easting 332449 and northing 406370 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting332449
Northing406370

What are the nearest towns to Great Altcar?

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

east
2m
Great Altcar is 2 miles east of Formby
north-west
4m
Great Altcar is 4 miles north-west of Maghull
north
5m
Great Altcar is 5 miles north of Crosby
north
6m
Great Altcar is 6 miles north of Litherland
west
6m
Great Altcar is 6 miles west of Ormskirk
north
7m
Great Altcar is 7 miles north of Bootle
south
7m
Great Altcar is 7 miles south of Southport
north-west
7m
Great Altcar is 7 miles north-west of Kirkby
north
9m
Great Altcar is 9 miles north of Wallasey
west
10m
Great Altcar is 10 miles west of Skelmersdale

What are the nearest cities to Great Altcar?

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

north
10m
Great Altcar is 10 miles north of Liverpool
south-west
20m
Great Altcar is 20 miles south-west of Preston
north
25m
Great Altcar is 25 miles north of Chester
north-east
27m
Great Altcar is 27 miles north-east of St Asaph
west
30m
Great Altcar is 30 miles west of Salford
west
32m
Great Altcar is 32 miles west of Manchester
north
35m
Great Altcar is 35 miles north of Wrexham
south
36m
Great Altcar is 36 miles south of Lancaster
north-west
51m
Great Altcar is 51 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
north-east
51m
Great Altcar is 51 miles north-east of Bangor