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Where is Samlesbury?

Samlesbury is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles north-east of the town of Bamber Bridge, four miles east of the major city of Preston, 153 miles south of Edinburgh, 160 miles north of Cardiff, and 187 miles north-west of London. Samlesbury falls within the district council of South Ribble, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR5 postcode district. The post town for Samlesbury is Preston.

Samlesbury on a map

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

Which county is Samlesbury in?

Samlesbury 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 Samlesbury in Lancashire?

Samlesbury is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Samlesbury within Lancashire
Location of Samlesbury within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Samlesbury?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Samlesbury is PR5 0UL.

Where is Samlesbury in PR5?

Samlesbury is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the PR5 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PR5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Samlesbury within PR5
Location of Samlesbury within PR5

What is the post town for Samlesbury?

The post town for Samlesbury is Preston. Samlesbury is in the PR5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Preston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Samlesbury?

The centre of Samlesbury is located at position 53.76594° latitude and -2.60327° longitude.

Latitude53.76594°
Longitude-2.60327°

What is the easting and northing of Samlesbury?

The centre of Samlesbury is located at the grid reference easting 360331 and northing 430124 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting360331
Northing430124

What are the nearest towns to Samlesbury?

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

north-east
3m
Samlesbury is 3 miles north-east of Bamber Bridge
south
5m
Samlesbury is 5 miles south of Longridge
east
5m
Samlesbury is 5 miles east of Fulwood
west
5m
Samlesbury is 5 miles west of Blackburn
north-east
7m
Samlesbury is 7 miles north-east of Leyland
north-west
7m
Samlesbury is 7 miles north-west of Darwen
west
8m
Samlesbury is 8 miles west of Rishton
north
8m
Samlesbury is 8 miles north of Chorley
west
8m
Samlesbury is 8 miles west of Great Harwood
west
8m
Samlesbury is 8 miles west of Oswaldtwistle

What are the nearest cities to Samlesbury?

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

east
4m
Samlesbury is 4 miles east of Preston
south
21m
Samlesbury is 21 miles south of Lancaster
north-west
23m
Samlesbury is 23 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
25m
Samlesbury is 25 miles north-west of Manchester
north-east
29m
Samlesbury is 29 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
35m
Samlesbury is 35 miles west of Bradford
north
42m
Samlesbury is 42 miles north of Chester
west
43m
Samlesbury is 43 miles west of Leeds
west
46m
Samlesbury is 46 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
49m
Samlesbury is 49 miles north-east of St Asaph