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Where is Prestonpans?

Prestonpans is located in the county of East Lothian, Scotland, one mile south-west of the town of Cockenzie and Port Seton, 35 miles south of the major city of Dundee, eight miles east of Edinburgh, 310 miles north of Cardiff, and 329 miles north of London. Prestonpans lies three miles north-east of the Midlothian border. Prestonpans falls within the unitary authority of East Lothian. It is in the EH32 postcode district.

Prestonpans on a map

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

Which county is Prestonpans in?

Prestonpans is in the ceremonial county of East Lothian, the historic county of East Lothian, and the administrative county of East Lothian.

Ceremonial CountyEast Lothian
Historic CountyEast Lothian
Administrative CountyEast Lothian

Where is Prestonpans in East Lothian?

Prestonpans is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of East Lothian, and towards the westernmost extremity of East Lothian.

Map showing location of Prestonpans within East Lothian
Location of Prestonpans within East Lothian

What is the postcode for Prestonpans?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Prestonpans is EH32 9AB.

Where is Prestonpans in EH32?

Prestonpans is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the EH32 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the EH32 postcode district.

Map showing location of Prestonpans within EH32
Location of Prestonpans within EH32

What is the latitude and longitude of Prestonpans?

The centre of Prestonpans is located at position 55.95953° latitude and -2.98423° longitude.

Latitude55.95953°
Longitude-2.98423°

What is the easting and northing of Prestonpans?

The centre of Prestonpans is located at the grid reference easting 338649 and northing 674495 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting338649
Northing674495

What are the nearest towns to Prestonpans?

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

south-west
1m
Prestonpans is 1 mile south-west of Cockenzie and Port Seton
north-west
2m
Prestonpans is 2 miles north-west of Tranent
north-east
3m
Prestonpans is 3 miles north-east of Musselburgh
north-east
6m
Prestonpans is 6 miles north-east of Dalkeith
north-east
8m
Prestonpans is 8 miles north-east of Bonnyrigg
west
8m
Prestonpans is 8 miles west of Haddington
north-east
9m
Prestonpans is 9 miles north-east of Loanhead
south-east
11m
Prestonpans is 11 miles south-east of Kinghorn
south-east
12m
Prestonpans is 12 miles south-east of Burntisland
south-west
12m
Prestonpans is 12 miles south-west of North Berwick

What are the nearest cities to Prestonpans?

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

east
8m
Prestonpans is 8 miles east of Edinburgh
south-east
20m
Prestonpans is 20 miles south-east of Dunfermline
south
35m
Prestonpans is 35 miles south of Dundee
south-east
35m
Prestonpans is 35 miles south-east of Perth
east
38m
Prestonpans is 38 miles east of Stirling
east
49m
Prestonpans is 49 miles east of Glasgow
north
74m
Prestonpans is 74 miles north of Carlisle
north-west
87m
Prestonpans is 87 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
89m
Prestonpans is 89 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north-west
96m
Prestonpans is 96 miles north-west of Sunderland

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