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Where is Strands?

Strands is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles north of the town of Millom, 30 miles north of the major town of Blackpool, 118 miles south of Edinburgh, 191 miles north of Cardiff, and 229 miles north-west of London. Strands was historically in the county of Cumberland. Strands falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the LA18 postcode district. The post town for Strands is Millom.

Strands on a map

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

Which county is Strands in?

Strands is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is Strands in Cumbria?

Strands is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Cumbria, and towards the westernmost extremity of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Strands within Cumbria
Location of Strands within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Strands?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Strands is LA18 5JB.

Where is Strands in LA18?

Strands is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LA18 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LA18 postcode district.

Map showing location of Strands within LA18
Location of Strands within LA18

What is the post town for Strands?

The post town for Strands is Millom. Strands is in the LA18 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Millom.

What is the latitude and longitude of Strands?

The centre of Strands is located at position 54.24556° latitude and -3.2486° longitude.

Latitude54.24556°
Longitude-3.2486°

What is the easting and northing of Strands?

The centre of Strands is located at the grid reference easting 318735 and northing 484039 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting318735
Northing484039

What are the nearest towns to Strands?

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

north
3m
Strands is 3 miles north of Millom
south-west
3m
Strands is 3 miles south-west of Broughton in Furness
north
7m
Strands is 7 miles north of Dalton-in-Furness
north-west
7m
Strands is 7 miles north-west of Ulverston
north
9m
Strands is 9 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness
west
14m
Strands is 14 miles west of Grange-over-Sands
south-west
16m
Strands is 16 miles south-west of Bowness-on-Windermere
south-west
17m
Strands is 17 miles south-west of Windermere
south-west
17m
Strands is 17 miles south-west of Ambleside
north-west
20m
Strands is 20 miles north-west of Morecambe

What are the nearest cities to Strands?

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

north-west
23m
Strands is 23 miles north-west of Lancaster
north-west
40m
Strands is 40 miles north-west of Preston
south
47m
Strands is 47 miles south of Carlisle
north
59m
Strands is 59 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
66m
Strands is 66 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
67m
Strands is 67 miles north-west of Manchester
north-west
68m
Strands is 68 miles north-west of Bradford
north
69m
Strands is 69 miles north of St Asaph
west
70m
Strands is 70 miles west of Ripon
north
74m
Strands is 74 miles north of Chester