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Where is Tarns?

Tarns is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, four miles south of the town of Silloth, 18 miles west of the major city of Carlisle, 79 miles south of Edinburgh, 231 miles north of Cardiff, and 265 miles north-west of London. Tarns lies seven miles south of the Dumfries border, and was historically in the county of Cumberland. Tarns falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA7 postcode district. The post town for Tarns is Wigton.

Tarns on a map

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

Which county is Tarns in?

Tarns 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 Tarns in Cumbria?

Tarns is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cumbria, and towards the westernmost extremity of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Tarns within Cumbria
Location of Tarns within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Tarns?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Tarns is CA7 4NQ.

Where is Tarns in CA7?

Tarns is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CA7 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CA7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Tarns within CA7
Location of Tarns within CA7

What is the post town for Tarns?

The post town for Tarns is Wigton. Tarns is in the CA7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wigton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Tarns?

The centre of Tarns is located at position 54.81806° latitude and -3.3731° longitude.

Latitude54.81806°
Longitude-3.3731°

What is the easting and northing of Tarns?

The centre of Tarns is located at the grid reference easting 311866 and northing 547888 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting311866
Northing547888

What are the nearest towns to Tarns?

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

south
4m
Tarns is 4 miles south of Silloth
north
4m
Tarns is 4 miles north of Aspatria
west
8m
Tarns is 8 miles west of Wigton
north-east
9m
Tarns is 9 miles north-east of Maryport
north
11m
Tarns is 11 miles north of Cockermouth
south
13m
Tarns is 13 miles south of Annan
north-east
14m
Tarns is 14 miles north-east of Workington
north-west
18m
Tarns is 18 miles north-west of Keswick
south-east
20m
Tarns is 20 miles south-east of Dalbeattie
south-east
20m
Tarns is 20 miles south-east of Dumfries

What are the nearest cities to Tarns?

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

west
18m
Tarns is 18 miles west of Carlisle
north-west
58m
Tarns is 58 miles north-west of Lancaster
west
71m
Tarns is 71 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
west
72m
Tarns is 72 miles west of Durham
north
78m
Tarns is 78 miles north of Preston
south
79m
Tarns is 79 miles south of Edinburgh
west
80m
Tarns is 80 miles west of Sunderland
south-east
80m
Tarns is 80 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
87m
Tarns is 87 miles south of Dunfermline
north-west
88m
Tarns is 88 miles north-west of Ripon