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Where is Banks?

Banks is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, three miles north-east of the town of Brampton, 12 miles north-east of the major city of Carlisle, 71 miles south of Edinburgh, 242 miles north of Cardiff, and 261 miles north-west of London. Banks lies three miles south-west of the Northumberland border, and was historically in the county of Cumberland. Banks falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA8 postcode district. The post town for Banks is Brampton.

Banks on a map

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

Which county is Banks in?

Banks 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 Banks in Cumbria?

Banks is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Banks within Cumbria
Location of Banks within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Banks?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Banks is CA8 2JJ.

Where is Banks in CA8?

Banks is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CA8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Banks within CA8
Location of Banks within CA8

What is the post town for Banks?

The post town for Banks is Brampton. Banks is in the CA8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Brampton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Banks?

The centre of Banks is located at position 54.97476° latitude and -2.67982° longitude.

Latitude54.97476°
Longitude-2.67982°

What is the easting and northing of Banks?

The centre of Banks is located at the grid reference easting 356583 and northing 564672 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting356583
Northing564672

What are the nearest towns to Banks?

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

north-east
3m
Banks is 3 miles north-east of Brampton
west
9m
Banks is 9 miles west of Haltwhistle
east
12m
Banks is 12 miles east of Longtown
north-west
15m
Banks is 15 miles north-west of Alston
south-east
18m
Banks is 18 miles south-east of Langholm
north
22m
Banks is 22 miles north of Penrith
north-east
22m
Banks is 22 miles north-east of Wigton
west
23m
Banks is 23 miles west of Hexham
east
23m
Banks is 23 miles east of Annan
west
26m
Banks is 26 miles west of Corbridge

What are the nearest cities to Banks?

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

north-east
12m
Banks is 12 miles north-east of Carlisle
west
43m
Banks is 43 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
west
46m
Banks is 46 miles west of Durham
west
52m
Banks is 52 miles west of Sunderland
north
64m
Banks is 64 miles north of Lancaster
south
71m
Banks is 71 miles south of Edinburgh
north-west
74m
Banks is 74 miles north-west of Ripon
south
82m
Banks is 82 miles south of Dunfermline
north
84m
Banks is 84 miles north of Preston
south-east
87m
Banks is 87 miles south-east of Glasgow