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  1. Mossy Lea

Where is Mossy Lea?

Mossy Lea is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles north-west of the town of Standish, five miles north-west of the major town of Wigan, 149 miles north of Cardiff, 163 miles south of Edinburgh, and 181 miles north-west of London. Mossy Lea lies just west of the Greater Manchester border. Mossy Lea falls within the district council of West Lancashire, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the WN6 postcode district. The post town for Mossy Lea is Wigan.

Mossy Lea on a map

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

Which county is Mossy Lea in?

Mossy Lea 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 Mossy Lea in Lancashire?

Mossy Lea is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Mossy Lea within Lancashire
Location of Mossy Lea within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Mossy Lea?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Mossy Lea is WN6 9SA.

Where is Mossy Lea in WN6?

Mossy Lea is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WN6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WN6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Mossy Lea within WN6
Location of Mossy Lea within WN6

What is the post town for Mossy Lea?

The post town for Mossy Lea is Wigan. Mossy Lea is in the WN6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wigan.

What is the latitude and longitude of Mossy Lea?

The centre of Mossy Lea is located at position 53.60943° latitude and -2.70326° longitude.

Latitude53.60943°
Longitude-2.70326°

What is the easting and northing of Mossy Lea?

The centre of Mossy Lea is located at the grid reference easting 353568 and northing 412771 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting353568
Northing412771

What are the nearest towns to Mossy Lea?

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

north-west
2m
Mossy Lea is 2 miles north-west of Standish
south-west
4m
Mossy Lea is 4 miles south-west of Chorley
west
4m
Mossy Lea is 4 miles west of Adlington
north-east
5m
Mossy Lea is 5 miles north-east of Skelmersdale
north-west
5m
Mossy Lea is 5 miles north-west of Wigan
south
6m
Mossy Lea is 6 miles south of Leyland
north-west
6m
Mossy Lea is 6 miles north-west of Ince-in-Makerfield
west
7m
Mossy Lea is 7 miles west of Horwich
north-west
7m
Mossy Lea is 7 miles north-west of Hindley
east
8m
Mossy Lea is 8 miles east of Ormskirk

What are the nearest cities to Mossy Lea?

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

south
10m
Mossy Lea is 10 miles south of Preston
north-east
18m
Mossy Lea is 18 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-west
19m
Mossy Lea is 19 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
21m
Mossy Lea is 21 miles north-west of Manchester
north
30m
Mossy Lea is 30 miles north of Chester
south
31m
Mossy Lea is 31 miles south of Lancaster
north-east
39m
Mossy Lea is 39 miles north-east of St Asaph
north
41m
Mossy Lea is 41 miles north of Wrexham
west
41m
Mossy Lea is 41 miles west of Bradford
north-west
46m
Mossy Lea is 46 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent

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