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Where is Roughlee?

Roughlee is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, one mile north-west of the town of Barrowford, five miles north of the major town of Burnley, 150 miles south of Edinburgh, 169 miles north of Cardiff, and 185 miles north-west of London. Roughlee lies six miles south-west of the North Yorkshire border. Roughlee falls within the district council of Pendle, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB9 postcode district. The post town for Roughlee is Nelson.

Roughlee on a map

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

Which county is Roughlee in?

Roughlee 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 Roughlee in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Roughlee within Lancashire
Location of Roughlee within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Roughlee?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Roughlee is BB9 6NP.

Where is Roughlee in BB9?

Roughlee is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BB9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Roughlee within BB9
Location of Roughlee within BB9

What is the post town for Roughlee?

The post town for Roughlee is Nelson. Roughlee is in the BB9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Nelson.

What is the latitude and longitude of Roughlee?

The centre of Roughlee is located at position 53.85919° latitude and -2.2385° longitude.

Latitude53.85919°
Longitude-2.2385°

What is the easting and northing of Roughlee?

The centre of Roughlee is located at the grid reference easting 384411 and northing 440356 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting384411
Northing440356

What are the nearest towns to Roughlee?

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

north-west
1m
Roughlee is 1 mile north-west of Barrowford
north-west
2m
Roughlee is 2 miles north-west of Nelson
north
2m
Roughlee is 2 miles north of Brierfield
west
3m
Roughlee is 3 miles west of Colne
west
4m
Roughlee is 4 miles west of Trawden
south-west
4m
Roughlee is 4 miles south-west of Barnoldswick
north
5m
Roughlee is 5 miles north of Burnley
north-east
5m
Roughlee is 5 miles north-east of Padiham
south-west
6m
Roughlee is 6 miles south-west of Earby
east
6m
Roughlee is 6 miles east of Clitheroe

What are the nearest cities to Roughlee?

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

east
20m
Roughlee is 20 miles east of Preston
west
20m
Roughlee is 20 miles west of Bradford
north
26m
Roughlee is 26 miles north of Salford
north
26m
Roughlee is 26 miles north of Manchester
south-east
27m
Roughlee is 27 miles south-east of Lancaster
west
28m
Roughlee is 28 miles west of Leeds
west
33m
Roughlee is 33 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
35m
Roughlee is 35 miles south-west of Ripon
north-east
44m
Roughlee is 44 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-west
46m
Roughlee is 46 miles north-west of Sheffield