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Where is Banks?

Banks is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, four miles north-east of the major town of Southport, 152 miles north of Cardiff, 158 miles south of Edinburgh, and 190 miles north-west of London. Banks lies just north of the Merseyside border. Banks falls within the district council of West Lancashire, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR9 postcode district. The post town for Banks is Southport.

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 Lancashire, the historic county of Lancashire, and the administrative county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyLancashire

Where is Banks in Lancashire?

Banks is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Banks within Lancashire
Location of Banks within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Banks?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Banks is PR9 8BQ.

Where is Banks in PR9?

Banks is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR9 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the PR9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Banks within PR9
Location of Banks within PR9

What is the post town for Banks?

The post town for Banks is Southport. Banks is in the PR9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Southport.

What is the latitude and longitude of Banks?

The centre of Banks is located at position 53.67791° latitude and -2.92356° longitude.

Latitude53.67791°
Longitude-2.92356°

What is the easting and northing of Banks?

The centre of Banks is located at the grid reference easting 339091 and northing 420556 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting339091
Northing420556

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
4m
Banks is 4 miles north-east of Southport
south-west
6m
Banks is 6 miles south-west of Freckleton
south-east
7m
Banks is 7 miles south-east of Lytham St Anne's
south
8m
Banks is 8 miles south of Kirkham
north
8m
Banks is 8 miles north of Ormskirk
west
9m
Banks is 9 miles west of Leyland
north-east
10m
Banks is 10 miles north-east of Formby
north-west
11m
Banks is 11 miles north-west of Skelmersdale
south-east
11m
Banks is 11 miles south-east of Blackpool
north
11m
Banks is 11 miles north of Maghull

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.

south-west
11m
Banks is 11 miles south-west of Preston
north
19m
Banks is 19 miles north of Liverpool
south
26m
Banks is 26 miles south of Lancaster
north-west
29m
Banks is 29 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
31m
Banks is 31 miles north-west of Manchester
north
34m
Banks is 34 miles north of Chester
north-east
36m
Banks is 36 miles north-east of St Asaph
north
44m
Banks is 44 miles north of Wrexham
west
49m
Banks is 49 miles west of Bradford
north-west
55m
Banks is 55 miles north-west of Stoke-on-Trent

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