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  1. Higher Folds

Where is Higher Folds?

Higher Folds is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, one mile south-west of the town of Tyldesley, six miles south-west of the major town of Bolton, 143 miles north of Cardiff, and 169 miles north-west of London. Higher Folds lies two miles north of the Cheshire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Higher Folds falls within the metropolitan district council of Wigan. It is in the WN7 postcode district. The post town for Higher Folds is Leigh.

Higher Folds on a map

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

Which county is Higher Folds in?

Higher Folds is in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, and the historic county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Higher Folds in Greater Manchester?

Higher Folds 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 Higher Folds within Greater Manchester
Location of Higher Folds within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Higher Folds?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Higher Folds is WN7 2UR.

Where is Higher Folds in WN7?

Higher Folds is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WN7 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the WN7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Higher Folds within WN7
Location of Higher Folds within WN7

What is the post town for Higher Folds?

The post town for Higher Folds is Leigh. Higher Folds is in the WN7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leigh.

What is the latitude and longitude of Higher Folds?

The centre of Higher Folds is located at position 53.50335° latitude and -2.4834° longitude.

Latitude53.50335°
Longitude-2.4834°

What is the easting and northing of Higher Folds?

The centre of Higher Folds is located at the grid reference easting 368034 and northing 400849 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting368034
Northing400849

What are the nearest towns to Higher Folds?

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

south-west
1m
Higher Folds is 1 mile south-west of Tyldesley
east
2m
Higher Folds is 2 miles east of Leigh
south
2m
Higher Folds is 2 miles south of Atherton
south-east
4m
Higher Folds is 4 miles south-east of Westhoughton
west
4m
Higher Folds is 4 miles west of Walkden
west
4m
Higher Folds is 4 miles west of Worsley
south-east
5m
Higher Folds is 5 miles south-east of Hindley
north-west
5m
Higher Folds is 5 miles north-west of Irlam
south-west
5m
Higher Folds is 5 miles south-west of Farnworth
east
5m
Higher Folds is 5 miles east of Golborne

What are the nearest cities to Higher Folds?

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

west
8m
Higher Folds is 8 miles west of Salford
west
10m
Higher Folds is 10 miles west of Manchester
south-east
20m
Higher Folds is 20 miles south-east of Preston
east
21m
Higher Folds is 21 miles east of Liverpool
north-east
27m
Higher Folds is 27 miles north-east of Chester
north
36m
Higher Folds is 36 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
36m
Higher Folds is 36 miles south-west of Bradford
north-east
38m
Higher Folds is 38 miles north-east of Wrexham
south
40m
Higher Folds is 40 miles south of Lancaster
west
42m
Higher Folds is 42 miles west of Wakefield

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