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Where is Parracombe?

Parracombe is located in the county of Devon, South West England, four miles south-west of the town of Lynton, 30 miles south of the major city of Swansea, 37 miles south-west of Cardiff, and 165 miles west of London. Parracombe lies three miles west of the Somerset border. Parracombe falls within the district council of North Devon, under the county council of Devon. It is in the EX31 postcode district. The post town for Parracombe is Barnstaple.

Parracombe on a map

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

Which county is Parracombe in?

Parracombe is in the ceremonial county of Devon, the historic county of Devon, and the administrative county of Devon.

Ceremonial CountyDevon
Historic CountyDevon
Administrative CountyDevon

Where is Parracombe in Devon?

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

Map showing location of Parracombe within Devon
Location of Parracombe within Devon

What is the postcode for Parracombe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Parracombe is EX31 4QH.

Where is Parracombe in EX31?

Parracombe is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the EX31 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the EX31 postcode district.

Map showing location of Parracombe within EX31
Location of Parracombe within EX31

What is the post town for Parracombe?

The post town for Parracombe is Barnstaple. Parracombe is in the EX31 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnstaple.

What is the latitude and longitude of Parracombe?

The centre of Parracombe is located at position 51.18841° latitude and -3.90517° longitude.

Latitude51.18841°
Longitude-3.90517°

What is the easting and northing of Parracombe?

The centre of Parracombe is located at the grid reference easting 266955 and northing 144969 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting266955
Northing144969

What are the nearest towns to Parracombe?

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

south-west
4m
Parracombe is 4 miles south-west of Lynton
east
10m
Parracombe is 10 miles east of Ilfracombe
north-east
10m
Parracombe is 10 miles north-east of Barnstaple
north
12m
Parracombe is 12 miles north of South Molton
north-east
17m
Parracombe is 17 miles north-east of Northam
north-east
18m
Parracombe is 18 miles north-east of Bideford
north-west
19m
Parracombe is 19 miles north-west of Dulverton
west
19m
Parracombe is 19 miles west of Minehead
north-east
19m
Parracombe is 19 miles north-east of Great Torrington
south-west
22m
Parracombe is 22 miles south-west of Porthcawl

What are the nearest cities to Parracombe?

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

south
30m
Parracombe is 30 miles south of Swansea
north-west
36m
Parracombe is 36 miles north-west of Exeter
south-west
37m
Parracombe is 37 miles south-west of Cardiff
south-west
48m
Parracombe is 48 miles south-west of Newport
west
55m
Parracombe is 55 miles west of Wells
north
58m
Parracombe is 58 miles north of Plymouth
west
59m
Parracombe is 59 miles west of Bristol
west
68m
Parracombe is 68 miles west of Bath
south-east
76m
Parracombe is 76 miles south-east of St Davids
south-west
79m
Parracombe is 79 miles south-west of Hereford