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Where is Great Orton?

Great Orton is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, five miles west of the major city of Carlisle, 75 miles south of Edinburgh, 235 miles north of Cardiff, and 262 miles north-west of London. Great Orton lies six miles south-east of the Dumfries border, and was historically in the county of Cumberland. Great Orton falls within the unitary authority of Cumberland. It is in the CA5 postcode district. The post town for Great Orton is Carlisle.

Great Orton on a map

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

Which county is Great Orton in?

Great Orton is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Cumberland, and the administrative county of Cumberland.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyCumberland
Administrative CountyCumberland

Where is Great Orton in Cumbria?

Great Orton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Cumbria, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cumbria.

Map showing location of Great Orton within Cumbria
Location of Great Orton within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Great Orton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Orton is CA5 6LU.

Where is Great Orton in CA5?

Great Orton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CA5 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CA5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Orton within CA5
Location of Great Orton within CA5

What is the post town for Great Orton?

The post town for Great Orton is Carlisle. Great Orton is in the CA5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Carlisle.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Orton?

The centre of Great Orton is located at position 54.87644° latitude and -3.04818° longitude.

Latitude54.87644°
Longitude-3.04818°

What is the easting and northing of Great Orton?

The centre of Great Orton is located at the grid reference easting 332841 and northing 554023 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting332841
Northing554023

What are the nearest towns to Great Orton?

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

north-east
6m
Great Orton is 6 miles north-east of Wigton
south
10m
Great Orton is 10 miles south of Longtown
south-east
11m
Great Orton is 11 miles south-east of Annan
west
13m
Great Orton is 13 miles west of Brampton
east
14m
Great Orton is 14 miles east of Silloth
north-east
14m
Great Orton is 14 miles north-east of Aspatria
north-west
19m
Great Orton is 19 miles north-west of Penrith
south
19m
Great Orton is 19 miles south of Langholm
north
19m
Great Orton is 19 miles north of Keswick
north-east
19m
Great Orton is 19 miles north-east of Cockermouth

What are the nearest cities to Great Orton?

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

west
5m
Great Orton is 5 miles west of Carlisle
west
58m
Great Orton is 58 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
58m
Great Orton is 58 miles north of Lancaster
west
59m
Great Orton is 59 miles west of Durham
west
66m
Great Orton is 66 miles west of Sunderland
south
75m
Great Orton is 75 miles south of Edinburgh
north
78m
Great Orton is 78 miles north of Preston
north-west
80m
Great Orton is 80 miles north-west of Ripon
south-east
83m
Great Orton is 83 miles south-east of Glasgow
south
84m
Great Orton is 84 miles south of Dunfermline