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Where is Higham?

Higham is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles north-east of the town of Padiham, three miles north-west of the major town of Burnley, 151 miles south of Edinburgh, 166 miles north of Cardiff, and 184 miles north-west of London. Higham lies seven miles west of the West Yorkshire border. Higham falls within the district council of Pendle, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB12 postcode district. The post town for Higham is Burnley.

Higham on a map

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

Which county is Higham in?

Higham 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 Higham in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Higham within Lancashire
Location of Higham within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Higham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Higham is BB12 9HG.

Where is Higham in BB12?

Higham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BB12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Higham within BB12
Location of Higham within BB12

What is the post town for Higham?

The post town for Higham is Burnley. Higham is in the BB12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Burnley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Higham?

The centre of Higham is located at position 53.82461° latitude and -2.29195° longitude.

Latitude53.82461°
Longitude-2.29195°

What is the easting and northing of Higham?

The centre of Higham is located at the grid reference easting 380880 and northing 436521 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting380880
Northing436521

What are the nearest towns to Higham?

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

north-east
2m
Higham is 2 miles north-east of Padiham
west
2m
Higham is 2 miles west of Brierfield
west
3m
Higham is 3 miles west of Nelson
north-west
3m
Higham is 3 miles north-west of Burnley
south-west
4m
Higham is 4 miles south-west of Barrowford
north-east
5m
Higham is 5 miles north-east of Clayton-le-Moors
south-east
5m
Higham is 5 miles south-east of Clitheroe
north-east
5m
Higham is 5 miles north-east of Great Harwood
south-west
6m
Higham is 6 miles south-west of Colne
north-east
6m
Higham is 6 miles north-east of Accrington

What are the nearest cities to Higham?

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

east
17m
Higham is 17 miles east of Preston
west
22m
Higham is 22 miles west of Bradford
north
24m
Higham is 24 miles north of Salford
north
24m
Higham is 24 miles north of Manchester
south-east
26m
Higham is 26 miles south-east of Lancaster
west
30m
Higham is 30 miles west of Leeds
west
34m
Higham is 34 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
38m
Higham is 38 miles south-west of Ripon
north-east
40m
Higham is 40 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-west
46m
Higham is 46 miles north-west of Sheffield