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Where is The Common?

The Common is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, one mile north-east of the town of Windermere, 35 miles south of the major city of Carlisle, 109 miles south of Edinburgh, 201 miles north of Cardiff, and 230 miles north-west of London. The Common was historically in the county of Westmorland. The Common falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the LA23 postcode district. The post town for The Common is Windermere.

The Common on a map

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

Which county is The Common in?

The Common is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Westmorland, and the administrative county of Westmorland and Furness.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyWestmorland
Administrative CountyWestmorland and Furness

Where is The Common in Cumbria?

The Common is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of The Common within Cumbria
Location of The Common within Cumbria

What is the postcode for The Common?

The nearest postcode to the centre of The Common is LA23 1JQ.

Where is The Common in LA23?

The Common is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LA23 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LA23 postcode district.

Map showing location of The Common within LA23
Location of The Common within LA23

What is the post town for The Common?

The post town for The Common is Windermere. The Common is in the LA23 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Windermere.

What is the latitude and longitude of The Common?

The centre of The Common is located at position 54.38832° latitude and -2.89148° longitude.

Latitude54.38832°
Longitude-2.89148°

What is the easting and northing of The Common?

The centre of The Common is located at the grid reference easting 342206 and northing 499570 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting342206
Northing499570

What are the nearest towns to The Common?

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

north-east
1m
The Common is 1 mile north-east of Windermere
north-east
2m
The Common is 2 miles north-east of Bowness-on-Windermere
south-east
4m
The Common is 4 miles south-east of Ambleside
north-west
7m
The Common is 7 miles north-west of Kendal
north
14m
The Common is 14 miles north of Grange-over-Sands
north-east
15m
The Common is 15 miles north-east of Broughton in Furness
west
15m
The Common is 15 miles west of Sedbergh
north-east
16m
The Common is 16 miles north-east of Ulverston
north-west
18m
The Common is 18 miles north-west of Kirkby Lonsdale
south-east
18m
The Common is 18 miles south-east of Keswick

What are the nearest cities to The Common?

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

north
24m
The Common is 24 miles north of Lancaster
south
35m
The Common is 35 miles south of Carlisle
north
44m
The Common is 44 miles north of Preston
west
58m
The Common is 58 miles west of Ripon
south-west
59m
The Common is 59 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
62m
The Common is 62 miles north-west of Bradford
south-west
66m
The Common is 66 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
67m
The Common is 67 miles north of Salford
north
68m
The Common is 68 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
68m
The Common is 68 miles north-west of Leeds