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Where is Birch?

Birch is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, two miles north-west of the town of Middleton, four miles south-east of the major town of Bury, 150 miles north of Cardiff, and 167 miles north-west of London. Birch lies four miles south-east of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Birch falls within the metropolitan district council of Rochdale. It is in the OL10 postcode district. The post town for Birch is Heywood.

Birch on a map

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

Which county is Birch in?

Birch is in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, and the historic county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Birch in Greater Manchester?

Birch is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Greater Manchester, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Greater Manchester.

Map showing location of Birch within Greater Manchester
Location of Birch within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Birch?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Birch is OL10 2QL.

Where is Birch in OL10?

Birch is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the OL10 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the OL10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Birch within OL10
Location of Birch within OL10

What is the post town for Birch?

The post town for Birch is Heywood. Birch is in the OL10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Heywood.

What is the latitude and longitude of Birch?

The centre of Birch is located at position 53.56506° latitude and -2.22628° longitude.

Latitude53.56506°
Longitude-2.22628°

What is the easting and northing of Birch?

The centre of Birch is located at the grid reference easting 385110 and northing 407629 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting385110
Northing407629

What are the nearest towns to Birch?

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

north-west
2m
Birch is 2 miles north-west of Middleton
south
2m
Birch is 2 miles south of Heywood
north-east
3m
Birch is 3 miles north-east of Whitefield
south-east
4m
Birch is 4 miles south-east of Bury
west
4m
Birch is 4 miles west of Chadderton
east
4m
Birch is 4 miles east of Radcliffe
west
4m
Birch is 4 miles west of Royton
south-west
5m
Birch is 5 miles south-west of Rochdale
north-west
5m
Birch is 5 miles north-west of Failsworth
west
5m
Birch is 5 miles west of Oldham

What are the nearest cities to Birch?

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

north
6m
Birch is 6 miles north of Manchester
north-east
6m
Birch is 6 miles north-east of Salford
south-east
24m
Birch is 24 miles south-east of Preston
south-west
25m
Birch is 25 miles south-west of Bradford
west
31m
Birch is 31 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
32m
Birch is 32 miles south-west of Leeds
east
33m
Birch is 33 miles east of Liverpool
west
34m
Birch is 34 miles west of Sheffield
north
38m
Birch is 38 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent
north-east
38m
Birch is 38 miles north-east of Chester

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