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Where is Rimington?

Rimington is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, four miles west of the town of Barnoldswick, nine miles north of the major town of Burnley, 146 miles south of Edinburgh, 172 miles north of Cardiff, and 189 miles north-west of London. Rimington lies four miles south-west of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Rimington falls within the district council of Ribble Valley, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB7 postcode district. The post town for Rimington is Clitheroe.

Rimington on a map

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

Which county is Rimington in?

Rimington is in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyLancashire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyLancashire

Where is Rimington in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Rimington within Lancashire
Location of Rimington within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Rimington?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Rimington is BB7 4DT.

Where is Rimington in BB7?

Rimington is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB7 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the BB7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Rimington within BB7
Location of Rimington within BB7

What is the post town for Rimington?

The post town for Rimington is Clitheroe. Rimington is in the BB7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Clitheroe.

What is the latitude and longitude of Rimington?

The centre of Rimington is located at position 53.90947° latitude and -2.29301° longitude.

Latitude53.90947°
Longitude-2.29301°

What is the easting and northing of Rimington?

The centre of Rimington is located at the grid reference easting 380849 and northing 445963 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting380849
Northing445963

What are the nearest towns to Rimington?

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

west
4m
Rimington is 4 miles west of Barnoldswick
north-east
5m
Rimington is 5 miles north-east of Clitheroe
north-west
5m
Rimington is 5 miles north-west of Barrowford
north-west
6m
Rimington is 6 miles north-west of Nelson
west
6m
Rimington is 6 miles west of Earby
north-west
6m
Rimington is 6 miles north-west of Colne
north
6m
Rimington is 6 miles north of Brierfield
north
8m
Rimington is 8 miles north of Padiham
north-west
8m
Rimington is 8 miles north-west of Trawden
north
9m
Rimington is 9 miles north of Burnley

What are the nearest cities to Rimington?

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

north-east
20m
Rimington is 20 miles north-east of Preston
south-east
23m
Rimington is 23 miles south-east of Lancaster
west
23m
Rimington is 23 miles west of Bradford
north
30m
Rimington is 30 miles north of Salford
north
30m
Rimington is 30 miles north of Manchester
west
31m
Rimington is 31 miles west of Leeds
south-west
35m
Rimington is 35 miles south-west of Ripon
north-west
36m
Rimington is 36 miles north-west of Wakefield
north-east
45m
Rimington is 45 miles north-east of Liverpool
west
49m
Rimington is 49 miles west of York