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Where is How?

How is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles south-west of the town of Brampton, seven miles east of the major city of Carlisle, 75 miles south of Edinburgh, 237 miles north of Cardiff, and 258 miles north-west of London. How was historically in the county of Cumberland. How falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA8 postcode district. The post town for How is Brampton.

How on a map

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

Which county is How in?

How is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is How in Cumbria?

How is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of How within Cumbria
Location of How within Cumbria

What is the postcode for How?

The nearest postcode to the centre of How is CA8 9JT.

Where is How in CA8?

How is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the CA8 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CA8 postcode district.

Map showing location of How within CA8
Location of How within CA8

What is the post town for How?

The post town for How is Brampton. How is in the CA8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Brampton.

What is the latitude and longitude of How?

The centre of How is located at position 54.90183° latitude and -2.76546° longitude.

Latitude54.90183°
Longitude-2.76546°

What is the easting and northing of How?

The centre of How is located at the grid reference easting 351012 and northing 556614 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting351012
Northing556614

What are the nearest towns to How?

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

south-west
3m
How is 3 miles south-west of Brampton
south-east
11m
How is 11 miles south-east of Longtown
west
13m
How is 13 miles west of Haltwhistle
north-west
14m
How is 14 miles north-west of Alston
north
16m
How is 16 miles north of Penrith
east
17m
How is 17 miles east of Wigton
south-east
20m
How is 20 miles south-east of Langholm
east
21m
How is 21 miles east of Annan
east
25m
How is 25 miles east of Aspatria
north-west
25m
How is 25 miles north-west of Appleby-in-Westmorland

What are the nearest cities to How?

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

east
7m
How is 7 miles east of Carlisle
west
46m
How is 46 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
west
48m
How is 48 miles west of Durham
west
55m
How is 55 miles west of Sunderland
north
59m
How is 59 miles north of Lancaster
north-west
73m
How is 73 miles north-west of Ripon
south
75m
How is 75 miles south of Edinburgh
north
79m
How is 79 miles north of Preston
south
85m
How is 85 miles south of Dunfermline
north-west
87m
How is 87 miles north-west of Bradford