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Where is Ribblehead?

Ribblehead is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, nine miles north-east of the town of High Bentham, 29 miles north of the major town of Burnley, 125 miles south of Edinburgh, 192 miles north of Cardiff, and 208 miles north-west of London. Ribblehead lies two miles south-east of the Cumbria border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Ribblehead falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the LA6 postcode district. The post town for Ribblehead is Carnforth.

Ribblehead on a map

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

Which county is Ribblehead in?

Ribblehead is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Ribblehead in North Yorkshire?

Ribblehead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Ribblehead within North Yorkshire
Location of Ribblehead within North Yorkshire

Where is Ribblehead in LA6?

Ribblehead is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LA6 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LA6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Ribblehead within LA6
Location of Ribblehead within LA6

What is the post town for Ribblehead?

The post town for Ribblehead is Carnforth. Ribblehead is in the LA6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Carnforth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Ribblehead?

The centre of Ribblehead is located at position 54.20683° latitude and -2.36382° longitude.

Latitude54.20683°
Longitude-2.36382°

What is the easting and northing of Ribblehead?

The centre of Ribblehead is located at the grid reference easting 376367 and northing 479071 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting376367
Northing479071

What are the nearest towns to Ribblehead?

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

north-east
9m
Ribblehead is 9 miles north-east of High Bentham
east
9m
Ribblehead is 9 miles east of Kirkby Lonsdale
north
10m
Ribblehead is 10 miles north of Settle
south-east
10m
Ribblehead is 10 miles south-east of Sedbergh
east
17m
Ribblehead is 17 miles east of Carnforth
south-east
18m
Ribblehead is 18 miles south-east of Kendal
south
19m
Ribblehead is 19 miles south of Kirkby Stephen
north
21m
Ribblehead is 21 miles north of Barnoldswick
north-west
22m
Ribblehead is 22 miles north-west of Earby
north-west
22m
Ribblehead is 22 miles north-west of Skipton

What are the nearest cities to Ribblehead?

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

north-east
21m
Ribblehead is 21 miles north-east of Lancaster
north-east
34m
Ribblehead is 34 miles north-east of Preston
west
34m
Ribblehead is 34 miles west of Ripon
north-west
38m
Ribblehead is 38 miles north-west of Bradford
north-west
43m
Ribblehead is 43 miles north-west of Leeds
north
50m
Ribblehead is 50 miles north of Salford
south-west
50m
Ribblehead is 50 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
51m
Ribblehead is 51 miles north-west of Wakefield
north
51m
Ribblehead is 51 miles north of Manchester
south-east
53m
Ribblehead is 53 miles south-east of Carlisle