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Where is Windy Harbour?

Windy Harbour is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles north-east of the town of Chorley, six miles south-west of the major town of Blackburn, 155 miles north of Cardiff, 159 miles south of Edinburgh, and 182 miles north-west of London. Windy Harbour lies five miles north-west of the Greater Manchester border. Windy Harbour falls within the district council of Chorley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR6 postcode district. The post town for Windy Harbour is Chorley.

Windy Harbour on a map

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

Which county is Windy Harbour in?

Windy Harbour 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 Windy Harbour in Lancashire?

Windy Harbour is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Windy Harbour within Lancashire
Location of Windy Harbour within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Windy Harbour?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Windy Harbour is PR6 8JS.

Where is Windy Harbour in PR6?

Windy Harbour is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PR6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Windy Harbour within PR6
Location of Windy Harbour within PR6

What is the post town for Windy Harbour?

The post town for Windy Harbour is Chorley. Windy Harbour is in the PR6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chorley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Windy Harbour?

The centre of Windy Harbour is located at position 53.6868° latitude and -2.58303° longitude.

Latitude53.6868°
Longitude-2.58303°

What is the easting and northing of Windy Harbour?

The centre of Windy Harbour is located at the grid reference easting 361593 and northing 421307 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting361593
Northing421307

What are the nearest towns to Windy Harbour?

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

north-east
3m
Windy Harbour is 3 miles north-east of Chorley
south-east
4m
Windy Harbour is 4 miles south-east of Bamber Bridge
east
5m
Windy Harbour is 5 miles east of Leyland
west
5m
Windy Harbour is 5 miles west of Darwen
north
5m
Windy Harbour is 5 miles north of Adlington
south-west
6m
Windy Harbour is 6 miles south-west of Blackburn
north
6m
Windy Harbour is 6 miles north of Horwich
north-east
8m
Windy Harbour is 8 miles north-east of Standish
south-west
8m
Windy Harbour is 8 miles south-west of Oswaldtwistle
south-west
9m
Windy Harbour is 9 miles south-west of Rishton

What are the nearest cities to Windy Harbour?

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

south-east
7m
Windy Harbour is 7 miles south-east of Preston
north-west
19m
Windy Harbour is 19 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
20m
Windy Harbour is 20 miles north-west of Manchester
north-east
25m
Windy Harbour is 25 miles north-east of Liverpool
south
27m
Windy Harbour is 27 miles south of Lancaster
west
35m
Windy Harbour is 35 miles west of Bradford
north
37m
Windy Harbour is 37 miles north of Chester
west
43m
Windy Harbour is 43 miles west of Leeds
west
45m
Windy Harbour is 45 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
46m
Windy Harbour is 46 miles north-east of St Asaph