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Where is Salterforth?

Salterforth is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, one mile south-east of the town of Barnoldswick, nine miles north of the major town of Burnley, 147 miles south of Edinburgh, 173 miles north of Cardiff, and 186 miles north-west of London. Salterforth lies two miles south-west of the North Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Salterforth falls within the district council of Pendle, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the BB18 postcode district. The post town for Salterforth is Barnoldswick.

Salterforth on a map

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

Which county is Salterforth in?

Salterforth 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 Salterforth in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Salterforth within Lancashire
Location of Salterforth within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Salterforth?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Salterforth is BB18 5TF.

Where is Salterforth in BB18?

Salterforth is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BB18 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BB18 postcode district.

Map showing location of Salterforth within BB18
Location of Salterforth within BB18

What is the post town for Salterforth?

The post town for Salterforth is Barnoldswick. Salterforth is in the BB18 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnoldswick.

What is the latitude and longitude of Salterforth?

The centre of Salterforth is located at position 53.90481° latitude and -2.17057° longitude.

Latitude53.90481°
Longitude-2.17057°

What is the easting and northing of Salterforth?

The centre of Salterforth is located at the grid reference easting 388891 and northing 445419 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting388891
Northing445419

What are the nearest towns to Salterforth?

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

south-east
1m
Salterforth is 1 mile south-east of Barnoldswick
south-west
1m
Salterforth is 1 mile south-west of Earby
north
3m
Salterforth is 3 miles north of Colne
north-east
4m
Salterforth is 4 miles north-east of Barrowford
north
4m
Salterforth is 4 miles north of Trawden
north
5m
Salterforth is 5 miles north of Nelson
north-east
6m
Salterforth is 6 miles north-east of Brierfield
south-west
7m
Salterforth is 7 miles south-west of Skipton
north
9m
Salterforth is 9 miles north of Burnley
east
9m
Salterforth is 9 miles east of Clitheroe

What are the nearest cities to Salterforth?

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

north-west
19m
Salterforth is 19 miles north-west of Bradford
north-east
24m
Salterforth is 24 miles north-east of Preston
west
26m
Salterforth is 26 miles west of Leeds
east
28m
Salterforth is 28 miles east of Lancaster
north
30m
Salterforth is 30 miles north of Manchester
north
30m
Salterforth is 30 miles north of Salford
south-west
31m
Salterforth is 31 miles south-west of Ripon
north-west
31m
Salterforth is 31 miles north-west of Wakefield
west
45m
Salterforth is 45 miles west of York
north-west
46m
Salterforth is 46 miles north-west of Sheffield