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Where is Whittle-le-Woods?

Whittle-le-Woods is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles north of the town of Chorley, six miles south-east of the major city of Preston, 154 miles north of Cardiff, 158 miles south of Edinburgh, and 183 miles north-west of London. Whittle-le-Woods lies five miles north-west of the Greater Manchester border. Whittle-le-Woods falls within the district council of Chorley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR6 postcode district. The post town for Whittle-le-Woods is Chorley.

Whittle-le-Woods on a map

Map showing extent of Whittle-le-Woods as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Whittle-le-Woods
Map showing location of Whittle-le-Woods within the UK
Location of Whittle-le-Woods within the UK

Which county is Whittle-le-Woods in?

Whittle-le-Woods 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 Whittle-le-Woods in Lancashire?

Whittle-le-Woods is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Whittle-le-Woods within Lancashire
Location of Whittle-le-Woods within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Whittle-le-Woods?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Whittle-le-Woods is PR6 7LA.

Where is Whittle-le-Woods in PR6?

Whittle-le-Woods is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR6 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the PR6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Whittle-le-Woods within PR6
Location of Whittle-le-Woods within PR6

What is the post town for Whittle-le-Woods?

The post town for Whittle-le-Woods is Chorley. Whittle-le-Woods is in the PR6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chorley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Whittle-le-Woods?

The centre of Whittle-le-Woods is located at position 53.68532° latitude and -2.63838° longitude.

Latitude53.68532°
Longitude-2.63838°

What is the easting and northing of Whittle-le-Woods?

The centre of Whittle-le-Woods is located at the grid reference easting 357936 and northing 421174 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting357936
Northing421174

What are the nearest towns to Whittle-le-Woods?

Position of Whittle-le-Woods relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Whittle-le-Woods to the centre of the town.

north
2m
Whittle-le-Woods is 2 miles north of Chorley
east
2m
Whittle-le-Woods is 2 miles east of Leyland
south
3m
Whittle-le-Woods is 3 miles south of Bamber Bridge
north
5m
Whittle-le-Woods is 5 miles north of Adlington
north
7m
Whittle-le-Woods is 7 miles north of Standish
north-west
7m
Whittle-le-Woods is 7 miles north-west of Horwich
west
7m
Whittle-le-Woods is 7 miles west of Darwen
south-west
8m
Whittle-le-Woods is 8 miles south-west of Blackburn
south
8m
Whittle-le-Woods is 8 miles south of Fulwood
north
10m
Whittle-le-Woods is 10 miles north of Wigan

What are the nearest cities to Whittle-le-Woods?

Position of Whittle-le-Woods relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Whittle-le-Woods to the centre of the city.

south-east
6m
Whittle-le-Woods is 6 miles south-east of Preston
north-west
20m
Whittle-le-Woods is 20 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
22m
Whittle-le-Woods is 22 miles north-west of Manchester
north-east
24m
Whittle-le-Woods is 24 miles north-east of Liverpool
south
26m
Whittle-le-Woods is 26 miles south of Lancaster
north
36m
Whittle-le-Woods is 36 miles north of Chester
west
37m
Whittle-le-Woods is 37 miles west of Bradford
north-east
45m
Whittle-le-Woods is 45 miles north-east of St Asaph
west
45m
Whittle-le-Woods is 45 miles west of Leeds
north
46m
Whittle-le-Woods is 46 miles north of Wrexham

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