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Where is Holcombe?

Holcombe is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, one mile west of the town of Ramsbottom, four miles north of the major town of Bury, 154 miles north of Cardiff, 163 miles south of Edinburgh, and 174 miles north-west of London. Holcombe lies just south-east of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Holcombe falls within the metropolitan district council of Bury. It is in the BL8 postcode district. The post town for Holcombe is Bury.

Holcombe on a map

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

Which county is Holcombe in?

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

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Holcombe in Greater Manchester?

Holcombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Greater Manchester, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Greater Manchester.

Map showing location of Holcombe within Greater Manchester
Location of Holcombe within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Holcombe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Holcombe is BL8 4LZ.

Where is Holcombe in BL8?

Holcombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the BL8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BL8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Holcombe within BL8
Location of Holcombe within BL8

What is the post town for Holcombe?

The post town for Holcombe is Bury. Holcombe is in the BL8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bury.

What is the latitude and longitude of Holcombe?

The centre of Holcombe is located at position 53.64602° latitude and -2.33116° longitude.

Latitude53.64602°
Longitude-2.33116°

What is the easting and northing of Holcombe?

The centre of Holcombe is located at the grid reference easting 378206 and northing 416663 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting378206
Northing416663

What are the nearest towns to Holcombe?

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

west
1m
Holcombe is 1 mile west of Ramsbottom
north
4m
Holcombe is 4 miles north of Bury
south
4m
Holcombe is 4 miles south of Haslingden
south-west
4m
Holcombe is 4 miles south-west of Rawtenstall
north-west
6m
Holcombe is 6 miles north-west of Heywood
north
6m
Holcombe is 6 miles north of Radcliffe
north
6m
Holcombe is 6 miles north of Little Lever
north-east
6m
Holcombe is 6 miles north-east of Bolton
west
7m
Holcombe is 7 miles west of Whitworth
south-east
7m
Holcombe is 7 miles south-east of Darwen

What are the nearest cities to Holcombe?

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

north
12m
Holcombe is 12 miles north of Salford
north
12m
Holcombe is 12 miles north of Manchester
south-east
17m
Holcombe is 17 miles south-east of Preston
south-west
26m
Holcombe is 26 miles south-west of Bradford
north-east
31m
Holcombe is 31 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
34m
Holcombe is 34 miles west of Leeds
south-east
34m
Holcombe is 34 miles south-east of Lancaster
west
34m
Holcombe is 34 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
39m
Holcombe is 39 miles north-east of Chester
north-west
40m
Holcombe is 40 miles north-west of Sheffield