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Where is Colshaw?

Colshaw is located in the county of Staffordshire, West Midlands, four miles south of the town of Buxton, 16 miles north-east of the major city of Stoke-on-Trent, 130 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 140 miles north-west of London. Colshaw lies just west of the Derbyshire border. Colshaw falls within the district council of Staffordshire Moorlands, under the county council of Staffordshire. It is in the SK17 postcode district. The post town for Colshaw is Buxton.

Colshaw on a map

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

Which county is Colshaw in?

Colshaw is in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, the historic county of Staffordshire, and the administrative county of Staffordshire.

Ceremonial CountyStaffordshire
Historic CountyStaffordshire
Administrative CountyStaffordshire

Where is Colshaw in Staffordshire?

Colshaw is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Staffordshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Staffordshire.

Map showing location of Colshaw within Staffordshire
Location of Colshaw within Staffordshire

What is the postcode for Colshaw?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Colshaw is SK17 0SJ.

Where is Colshaw in SK17?

Colshaw is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SK17 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the SK17 postcode district.

Map showing location of Colshaw within SK17
Location of Colshaw within SK17

What is the post town for Colshaw?

The post town for Colshaw is Buxton. Colshaw is in the SK17 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Buxton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Colshaw?

The centre of Colshaw is located at position 53.20552° latitude and -1.94097° longitude.

Latitude53.20552°
Longitude-1.94097°

What is the easting and northing of Colshaw?

The centre of Colshaw is located at the grid reference easting 404040 and northing 367608 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting404040
Northing367608

What are the nearest towns to Colshaw?

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

south
4m
Colshaw is 4 miles south of Buxton
north-east
8m
Colshaw is 8 miles north-east of Leek
south
8m
Colshaw is 8 miles south of Chapel-en-le-Frith
south-east
9m
Colshaw is 9 miles south-east of Macclesfield
south
9m
Colshaw is 9 miles south of Whaley Bridge
south-east
9m
Colshaw is 9 miles south-east of Bollington
west
11m
Colshaw is 11 miles west of Bakewell
south
11m
Colshaw is 11 miles south of New Mills
east
12m
Colshaw is 12 miles east of Congleton
north-east
12m
Colshaw is 12 miles north-east of Biddulph

What are the nearest cities to Colshaw?

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

north-east
16m
Colshaw is 16 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent
south-east
23m
Colshaw is 23 miles south-east of Manchester
south-west
23m
Colshaw is 23 miles south-west of Sheffield
south-east
24m
Colshaw is 24 miles south-east of Salford
north-west
27m
Colshaw is 27 miles north-west of Derby
north
36m
Colshaw is 36 miles north of Lichfield
north-west
37m
Colshaw is 37 miles north-west of Nottingham
south-west
38m
Colshaw is 38 miles south-west of Wakefield
east
39m
Colshaw is 39 miles east of Chester
south-west
40m
Colshaw is 40 miles south-west of Doncaster