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  1. Hoghton

Where is Hoghton?

Hoghton is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles east of the town of Bamber Bridge, five miles east of the major city of Preston, 155 miles south of Edinburgh, 158 miles north of Cardiff, and 185 miles north-west of London. Hoghton falls within the district council of Chorley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR5 postcode district. The post town for Hoghton is Preston.

Hoghton on a map

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

Which county is Hoghton in?

Hoghton 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 Hoghton in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Hoghton within Lancashire
Location of Hoghton within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Hoghton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Hoghton is PR5 0DS.

Where is Hoghton in PR5?

Hoghton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR5 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the PR5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Hoghton within PR5
Location of Hoghton within PR5

What is the post town for Hoghton?

The post town for Hoghton is Preston. Hoghton is in the PR5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Preston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Hoghton?

The centre of Hoghton is located at position 53.73606° latitude and -2.59307° longitude.

Latitude53.73606°
Longitude-2.59307°

What is the easting and northing of Hoghton?

The centre of Hoghton is located at the grid reference easting 360976 and northing 426794 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting360976
Northing426794

What are the nearest towns to Hoghton?

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

east
3m
Hoghton is 3 miles east of Bamber Bridge
west
5m
Hoghton is 5 miles west of Blackburn
north-east
5m
Hoghton is 5 miles north-east of Leyland
north
6m
Hoghton is 6 miles north of Chorley
north-west
6m
Hoghton is 6 miles north-west of Darwen
south-east
6m
Hoghton is 6 miles south-east of Fulwood
south
7m
Hoghton is 7 miles south of Longridge
west
8m
Hoghton is 8 miles west of Rishton
west
8m
Hoghton is 8 miles west of Oswaldtwistle
north
8m
Hoghton is 8 miles north of Adlington

What are the nearest cities to Hoghton?

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

east
5m
Hoghton is 5 miles east of Preston
north-west
21m
Hoghton is 21 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
23m
Hoghton is 23 miles north-west of Manchester
south
23m
Hoghton is 23 miles south of Lancaster
north-east
28m
Hoghton is 28 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
35m
Hoghton is 35 miles west of Bradford
north
40m
Hoghton is 40 miles north of Chester
west
43m
Hoghton is 43 miles west of Leeds
west
45m
Hoghton is 45 miles west of Wakefield
north-east
48m
Hoghton is 48 miles north-east of St Asaph

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