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Where is Howgill?

Howgill is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles west of the town of Barnoldswick, nine miles north of the major town of Burnley, 146 miles south of Edinburgh, 172 miles north of Cardiff, and 188 miles north-west of London. Howgill lies four miles south-west of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Howgill falls within the district council of Ribble Valley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB7 postcode district. The post town for Howgill is Clitheroe.

Howgill on a map

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

Which county is Howgill in?

Howgill is in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyLancashire

Where is Howgill in Lancashire?

Howgill is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Lancashire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Howgill within Lancashire
Location of Howgill within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Howgill?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Howgill is BB7 4EF.

Where is Howgill in BB7?

Howgill is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB7 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the BB7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Howgill within BB7
Location of Howgill within BB7

What is the post town for Howgill?

The post town for Howgill is Clitheroe. Howgill is in the BB7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Clitheroe.

What is the latitude and longitude of Howgill?

The centre of Howgill is located at position 53.90979° latitude and -2.2678° longitude.

Latitude53.90979°
Longitude-2.2678°

What is the easting and northing of Howgill?

The centre of Howgill is located at the grid reference easting 382505 and northing 445993 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting382505
Northing445993

What are the nearest towns to Howgill?

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

west
3m
Howgill is 3 miles west of Barnoldswick
north-west
4m
Howgill is 4 miles north-west of Barrowford
west
5m
Howgill is 5 miles west of Earby
north
5m
Howgill is 5 miles north of Nelson
north-east
5m
Howgill is 5 miles north-east of Clitheroe
north-west
6m
Howgill is 6 miles north-west of Colne
north
6m
Howgill is 6 miles north of Brierfield
north-west
7m
Howgill is 7 miles north-west of Trawden
north
8m
Howgill is 8 miles north of Padiham
north
9m
Howgill is 9 miles north of Burnley

What are the nearest cities to Howgill?

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

north-east
20m
Howgill is 20 miles north-east of Preston
west
23m
Howgill is 23 miles west of Bradford
south-east
24m
Howgill is 24 miles south-east of Lancaster
north
30m
Howgill is 30 miles north of Salford
north
30m
Howgill is 30 miles north of Manchester
west
30m
Howgill is 30 miles west of Leeds
south-west
34m
Howgill is 34 miles south-west of Ripon
north-west
35m
Howgill is 35 miles north-west of Wakefield
north-east
45m
Howgill is 45 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
48m
Howgill is 48 miles west of York