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Where is Matshead?

Matshead is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, three miles south-east of the town of Garstang, seven miles north of the major city of Preston, 146 miles south of Edinburgh, 166 miles north of Cardiff, and 195 miles north-west of London. Matshead falls within the district council of Wyre, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the PR3 postcode district. The post town for Matshead is Preston.

Matshead on a map

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

Which county is Matshead in?

Matshead 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 Matshead in Lancashire?

Matshead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Lancashire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Matshead within Lancashire
Location of Matshead within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Matshead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Matshead is PR3 0GQ.

Where is Matshead in PR3?

Matshead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PR3 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PR3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Matshead within PR3
Location of Matshead within PR3

What is the post town for Matshead?

The post town for Matshead is Preston. Matshead is in the PR3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Preston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Matshead?

The centre of Matshead is located at position 53.86275° latitude and -2.72693° longitude.

Latitude53.86275°
Longitude-2.72693°

What is the easting and northing of Matshead?

The centre of Matshead is located at the grid reference easting 352290 and northing 440970 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting352290
Northing440970

What are the nearest towns to Matshead?

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

south-east
3m
Matshead is 3 miles south-east of Garstang
north
5m
Matshead is 5 miles north of Fulwood
north-west
5m
Matshead is 5 miles north-west of Longridge
north-east
8m
Matshead is 8 miles north-east of Kirkham
north-east
9m
Matshead is 9 miles north-east of Freckleton
north
9m
Matshead is 9 miles north of Bamber Bridge
east
11m
Matshead is 11 miles east of Poulton-le-Fylde
east
11m
Matshead is 11 miles east of Thornton
north
12m
Matshead is 12 miles north of Leyland
north-west
13m
Matshead is 13 miles north-west of Blackburn

What are the nearest cities to Matshead?

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

north
7m
Matshead is 7 miles north of Preston
south
13m
Matshead is 13 miles south of Lancaster
north-west
32m
Matshead is 32 miles north-west of Salford
north
33m
Matshead is 33 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
33m
Matshead is 33 miles north-west of Manchester
west
40m
Matshead is 40 miles west of Bradford
north
47m
Matshead is 47 miles north of Chester
west
48m
Matshead is 48 miles west of Leeds
north-east
51m
Matshead is 51 miles north-east of St Asaph
west
52m
Matshead is 52 miles west of Wakefield