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Where is Blacksnape?

Blacksnape is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, one mile east of the town of Darwen, five miles south-east of the major town of Blackburn, 156 miles north of Cardiff, 159 miles south of Edinburgh, and 179 miles north-west of London. Blacksnape lies three miles north-west of the Greater Manchester border. Blacksnape falls within the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen. It is in the BB3 postcode district. The post town for Blacksnape is Darwen.

Blacksnape on a map

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

Which county is Blacksnape in?

Blacksnape is in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, the historic county of Lancashire, and the administrative county of Blackburn with Darwen.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyLancashire
Administrative CountyBlackburn with Darwen

Where is Blacksnape in Lancashire?

Blacksnape is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Blacksnape within Lancashire
Location of Blacksnape within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Blacksnape?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Blacksnape is BB3 3PN.

Where is Blacksnape in BB3?

Blacksnape is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB3 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the BB3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Blacksnape within BB3
Location of Blacksnape within BB3

What is the post town for Blacksnape?

The post town for Blacksnape is Darwen. Blacksnape is in the BB3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Darwen.

What is the latitude and longitude of Blacksnape?

The centre of Blacksnape is located at position 53.68937° latitude and -2.4373° longitude.

Latitude53.68937°
Longitude-2.4373°

What is the easting and northing of Blacksnape?

The centre of Blacksnape is located at the grid reference easting 371219 and northing 421524 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting371219
Northing421524

What are the nearest towns to Blacksnape?

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

east
1m
Blacksnape is 1 mile east of Darwen
south-west
4m
Blacksnape is 4 miles south-west of Oswaldtwistle
south-east
5m
Blacksnape is 5 miles south-east of Blackburn
west
5m
Blacksnape is 5 miles west of Haslingden
south-west
5m
Blacksnape is 5 miles south-west of Church
south-west
5m
Blacksnape is 5 miles south-west of Accrington
south
5m
Blacksnape is 5 miles south of Rishton
north-west
6m
Blacksnape is 6 miles north-west of Ramsbottom
west
6m
Blacksnape is 6 miles west of Rawtenstall
south
6m
Blacksnape is 6 miles south of Clayton-le-Moors

What are the nearest cities to Blacksnape?

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

south-east
12m
Blacksnape is 12 miles south-east of Preston
north
16m
Blacksnape is 16 miles north of Salford
north-west
17m
Blacksnape is 17 miles north-west of Manchester
west
29m
Blacksnape is 29 miles west of Bradford
south-east
29m
Blacksnape is 29 miles south-east of Lancaster
north-east
30m
Blacksnape is 30 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
37m
Blacksnape is 37 miles west of Leeds
west
39m
Blacksnape is 39 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
39m
Blacksnape is 39 miles north-east of Chester
north-west
45m
Blacksnape is 45 miles north-west of Sheffield