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Where is Wood Head?

Wood Head is located in the county of Cheshire, North West England, two miles south of the town of Golborne, four miles north of the major town of Warrington, 138 miles north of Cardiff, and 169 miles north-west of London. Wood Head lies just east of the Merseyside border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Wood Head falls within the unitary authority of Warrington. It is in the WA2 postcode district. The post town for Wood Head is Warrington.

Wood Head on a map

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

Which county is Wood Head in?

Wood Head is in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, the historic county of Lancashire, and the administrative county of Warrington.

Ceremonial CountyCheshire
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyWarrington

Where is Wood Head in Cheshire?

Wood Head is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cheshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cheshire.

Map showing location of Wood Head within Cheshire
Location of Wood Head within Cheshire

What is the postcode for Wood Head?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wood Head is WA2 8SU.

Where is Wood Head in WA2?

Wood Head is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the WA2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the WA2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wood Head within WA2
Location of Wood Head within WA2

What is the post town for Wood Head?

The post town for Wood Head is Warrington. Wood Head is in the WA2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Warrington.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wood Head?

The centre of Wood Head is located at position 53.44354° latitude and -2.59171° longitude.

Latitude53.44354°
Longitude-2.59171°

What is the easting and northing of Wood Head?

The centre of Wood Head is located at the grid reference easting 360795 and northing 394248 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting360795
Northing394248

What are the nearest towns to Wood Head?

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

south
2m
Wood Head is 2 miles south of Golborne
east
2m
Wood Head is 2 miles east of Newton-le-Willows
south-east
4m
Wood Head is 4 miles south-east of Ashton-in-Makerfield
north
4m
Wood Head is 4 miles north of Warrington
south-east
4m
Wood Head is 4 miles south-east of Haydock
south-west
5m
Wood Head is 5 miles south-west of Leigh
south-east
6m
Wood Head is 6 miles south-east of Billinge
east
6m
Wood Head is 6 miles east of St Helens
south
6m
Wood Head is 6 miles south of Hindley
north-west
6m
Wood Head is 6 miles north-west of Lymm

What are the nearest cities to Wood Head?

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

west
13m
Wood Head is 13 miles west of Salford
west
15m
Wood Head is 15 miles west of Manchester
east
16m
Wood Head is 16 miles east of Liverpool
north-east
21m
Wood Head is 21 miles north-east of Chester
south
22m
Wood Head is 22 miles south of Preston
north-east
32m
Wood Head is 32 miles north-east of Wrexham
north-west
34m
Wood Head is 34 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent
east
38m
Wood Head is 38 miles east of St Asaph
south-west
42m
Wood Head is 42 miles south-west of Bradford
south
43m
Wood Head is 43 miles south of Lancaster