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Where is Bankshead?

Bankshead is located in the county of Shropshire, West Midlands, one mile north-west of the town of Bishop's Castle, 18 miles south-west of the major town of Shrewsbury, 71 miles north of Cardiff, and 141 miles north-west of London. Bankshead lies just north-east of the Powys border. Bankshead falls within the unitary authority of Shropshire. It is in the SY9 postcode district. The post town for Bankshead is Bishops Castle.

Bankshead on a map

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

Which county is Bankshead in?

Bankshead is in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, the historic county of Shropshire, and the administrative county of Shropshire.

Ceremonial CountyShropshire
Historic CountyShropshire
Administrative CountyShropshire

Where is Bankshead in Shropshire?

Bankshead is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Shropshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Shropshire.

Map showing location of Bankshead within Shropshire
Location of Bankshead within Shropshire

What is the postcode for Bankshead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Bankshead is SY9 5JQ.

Where is Bankshead in SY9?

Bankshead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SY9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SY9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Bankshead within SY9
Location of Bankshead within SY9

What is the post town for Bankshead?

The post town for Bankshead is Bishops Castle. Bankshead is in the SY9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bishops Castle.

What is the latitude and longitude of Bankshead?

The centre of Bankshead is located at position 52.50217° latitude and -3.02116° longitude.

Latitude52.50217°
Longitude-3.02116°

What is the easting and northing of Bankshead?

The centre of Bankshead is located at the grid reference easting 330780 and northing 289854 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting330780
Northing289854

What are the nearest towns to Bankshead?

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

north-west
1m
Bankshead is 1 mile north-west of Bishop's Castle
south-east
7m
Bankshead is 7 miles south-east of Montgomery
north-west
9m
Bankshead is 9 miles north-west of Craven Arms
west
9m
Bankshead is 9 miles west of Church Stretton
north
11m
Bankshead is 11 miles north of Knighton
south-east
12m
Bankshead is 12 miles south-east of Welshpool
east
12m
Bankshead is 12 miles east of Newtown
north-west
16m
Bankshead is 16 miles north-west of Ludlow
north
16m
Bankshead is 16 miles north of Presteigne
south-east
16m
Bankshead is 16 miles south-east of Llanfair Caereinion

What are the nearest cities to Bankshead?

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

north
33m
Bankshead is 33 miles north of Hereford
south
38m
Bankshead is 38 miles south of Wrexham
west
38m
Bankshead is 38 miles west of Wolverhampton
north-west
40m
Bankshead is 40 miles north-west of Worcester
west
47m
Bankshead is 47 miles west of Birmingham
south
48m
Bankshead is 48 miles south of Chester
south-west
51m
Bankshead is 51 miles south-west of Stoke-on-Trent
west
52m
Bankshead is 52 miles west of Lichfield
north-west
55m
Bankshead is 55 miles north-west of Gloucester
south
55m
Bankshead is 55 miles south of St Asaph