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Where is Machroes?

Machroes is located in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, seven miles south-west of the town of Pwllheli, 72 miles west of the major city of Chester, 108 miles north-west of Cardiff, and 206 miles north-west of London. Machroes was historically in the county of Carnarvonshire. Machroes falls within the unitary authority of Gwynedd - Gwynedd. It is in the LL53 postcode district. The post town for Machroes is Pwllheli.

Machroes on a map

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

Which county is Machroes in?

Machroes is in the ceremonial county of Gwynedd, the historic county of Carnarvonshire, and the administrative county of Gwynedd - Gwynedd.

Ceremonial CountyGwynedd
Historic CountyCarnarvonshire
Administrative CountyGwynedd - Gwynedd

Where is Machroes in Gwynedd?

Machroes is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Gwynedd, and towards the westernmost extremity of Gwynedd.

Map showing location of Machroes within Gwynedd
Location of Machroes within Gwynedd

What is the postcode for Machroes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Machroes is LL53 7BT.

Where is Machroes in LL53?

Machroes is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the LL53 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LL53 postcode district.

Map showing location of Machroes within LL53
Location of Machroes within LL53

What is the post town for Machroes?

The post town for Machroes is Pwllheli. Machroes is in the LL53 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Pwllheli.

What is the latitude and longitude of Machroes?

The centre of Machroes is located at position 52.80709° latitude and -4.49769° longitude.

Latitude52.80709°
Longitude-4.49769°

What is the easting and northing of Machroes?

The centre of Machroes is located at the grid reference easting 231739 and northing 326206 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting231739
Northing326206

What are the nearest towns to Machroes?

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

south-west
7m
Machroes is 7 miles south-west of Pwllheli
south
9m
Machroes is 9 miles south of Nefyn
south-west
13m
Machroes is 13 miles south-west of Criccieth
west
17m
Machroes is 17 miles west of Harlech
south-west
17m
Machroes is 17 miles south-west of Porthmadog
west
19m
Machroes is 19 miles west of Barmouth
south-west
22m
Machroes is 22 miles south-west of Rhosgadfan
north-west
23m
Machroes is 23 miles north-west of Tywyn
south-west
25m
Machroes is 25 miles south-west of Caernarfon
west
26m
Machroes is 26 miles west of Dolgellau

What are the nearest cities to Machroes?

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

south-west
33m
Machroes is 33 miles south-west of Bangor
south-west
54m
Machroes is 54 miles south-west of St Asaph
west
65m
Machroes is 65 miles west of Wrexham
north-east
72m
Machroes is 72 miles north-east of St Davids
west
72m
Machroes is 72 miles west of Chester
south-west
76m
Machroes is 76 miles south-west of Liverpool
north
85m
Machroes is 85 miles north of Swansea
north-west
91m
Machroes is 91 miles north-west of Hereford
west
98m
Machroes is 98 miles west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
100m
Machroes is 100 miles south-west of Preston