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Where is Shireshead?

Shireshead is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, four miles north of the town of Garstang, 14 miles north of the major city of Preston, 139 miles south of Edinburgh, 172 miles north of Cardiff, and 201 miles north-west of London. Shireshead falls within the district council of Wyre, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR3 postcode district. The post town for Shireshead is Preston.

Shireshead on a map

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

Which county is Shireshead in?

Shireshead 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 Shireshead in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Shireshead within Lancashire
Location of Shireshead within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Shireshead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Shireshead is PR3 1DE.

Where is Shireshead in PR3?

Shireshead is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the PR3 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PR3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Shireshead within PR3
Location of Shireshead within PR3

What is the post town for Shireshead?

The post town for Shireshead is Preston. Shireshead is in the PR3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Preston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Shireshead?

The centre of Shireshead is located at position 53.95369° latitude and -2.76158° longitude.

Latitude53.95369°
Longitude-2.76158°

What is the easting and northing of Shireshead?

The centre of Shireshead is located at the grid reference easting 350120 and northing 451112 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting350120
Northing451112

What are the nearest towns to Shireshead?

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

north
4m
Shireshead is 4 miles north of Garstang
south-east
8m
Shireshead is 8 miles south-east of Heysham
south-east
9m
Shireshead is 9 miles south-east of Morecambe
north-west
11m
Shireshead is 11 miles north-west of Longridge
north-east
11m
Shireshead is 11 miles north-east of Thornton
north
11m
Shireshead is 11 miles north of Fulwood
east
11m
Shireshead is 11 miles east of Fleetwood
north-east
12m
Shireshead is 12 miles north-east of Poulton-le-Fylde
south
12m
Shireshead is 12 miles south of Carnforth
east
12m
Shireshead is 12 miles east of Cleveleys

What are the nearest cities to Shireshead?

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

south
7m
Shireshead is 7 miles south of Lancaster
north
14m
Shireshead is 14 miles north of Preston
north-west
38m
Shireshead is 38 miles north-west of Salford
north
39m
Shireshead is 39 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
39m
Shireshead is 39 miles north-west of Manchester
west
43m
Shireshead is 43 miles west of Bradford
west
51m
Shireshead is 51 miles west of Leeds
west
52m
Shireshead is 52 miles west of Ripon
north
53m
Shireshead is 53 miles north of Chester
west
55m
Shireshead is 55 miles west of Wakefield