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Where is Cockden?

Cockden is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles south-east of the town of Brierfield, three miles north-east of the major town of Burnley, 153 miles south of Edinburgh, 166 miles north of Cardiff, and 181 miles north-west of London. Cockden lies three miles west of the West Yorkshire border. Cockden falls within the district council of Burnley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB10 postcode district. The post town for Cockden is Burnley.

Cockden on a map

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

Which county is Cockden in?

Cockden 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 Cockden in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Cockden within Lancashire
Location of Cockden within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Cockden?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cockden is BB10 3QQ.

Where is Cockden in BB10?

Cockden is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the BB10 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BB10 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cockden within BB10
Location of Cockden within BB10

What is the post town for Cockden?

The post town for Cockden is Burnley. Cockden is in the BB10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Burnley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cockden?

The centre of Cockden is located at position 53.81023° latitude and -2.19219° longitude.

Latitude53.81023°
Longitude-2.19219°

What is the easting and northing of Cockden?

The centre of Cockden is located at the grid reference easting 387442 and northing 434899 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting387442
Northing434899

What are the nearest towns to Cockden?

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

south-east
2m
Cockden is 2 miles south-east of Brierfield
south-east
2m
Cockden is 2 miles south-east of Nelson
north-east
3m
Cockden is 3 miles north-east of Burnley
south
3m
Cockden is 3 miles south of Barrowford
south-west
3m
Cockden is 3 miles south-west of Trawden
south
3m
Cockden is 3 miles south of Colne
east
5m
Cockden is 5 miles east of Padiham
south
7m
Cockden is 7 miles south of Barnoldswick
north
7m
Cockden is 7 miles north of Bacup
south
8m
Cockden is 8 miles south of Earby

What are the nearest cities to Cockden?

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

west
18m
Cockden is 18 miles west of Bradford
east
21m
Cockden is 21 miles east of Preston
north
23m
Cockden is 23 miles north of Manchester
north
23m
Cockden is 23 miles north of Salford
west
26m
Cockden is 26 miles west of Leeds
west
30m
Cockden is 30 miles west of Wakefield
south-east
30m
Cockden is 30 miles south-east of Lancaster
south-west
35m
Cockden is 35 miles south-west of Ripon
north-west
42m
Cockden is 42 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
43m
Cockden is 43 miles north-east of Liverpool