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Where is Swarthdale?

Swarthdale is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles east of the town of Carnforth, 25 miles north of the major city of Preston, 128 miles south of Edinburgh, 183 miles north of Cardiff, and 210 miles north-west of London. Swarthdale lies three miles south of the Cumbria border. Swarthdale falls within the district council of Lancaster, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the LA6 postcode district. The post town for Swarthdale is Carnforth.

Swarthdale on a map

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

Which county is Swarthdale in?

Swarthdale 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 Swarthdale in Lancashire?

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

Map showing location of Swarthdale within Lancashire
Location of Swarthdale within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Swarthdale?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Swarthdale is LA6 1DY.

Where is Swarthdale in LA6?

Swarthdale is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the LA6 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the LA6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Swarthdale within LA6
Location of Swarthdale within LA6

What is the post town for Swarthdale?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Swarthdale?

The centre of Swarthdale is located at position 54.1157° latitude and -2.7109° longitude.

Latitude54.1157°
Longitude-2.7109°

What is the easting and northing of Swarthdale?

The centre of Swarthdale is located at the grid reference easting 353627 and northing 469103 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting353627
Northing469103

What are the nearest towns to Swarthdale?

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

east
2m
Swarthdale is 2 miles east of Carnforth
north-east
7m
Swarthdale is 7 miles north-east of Morecambe
south-west
8m
Swarthdale is 8 miles south-west of Kirkby Lonsdale
west
8m
Swarthdale is 8 miles west of High Bentham
north-east
9m
Swarthdale is 9 miles north-east of Heysham
south-east
10m
Swarthdale is 10 miles south-east of Grange-over-Sands
south
15m
Swarthdale is 15 miles south of Kendal
north
15m
Swarthdale is 15 miles north of Garstang
south-west
16m
Swarthdale is 16 miles south-west of Sedbergh
east
16m
Swarthdale is 16 miles east of Ulverston

What are the nearest cities to Swarthdale?

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

north-east
6m
Swarthdale is 6 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
25m
Swarthdale is 25 miles north of Preston
north-west
45m
Swarthdale is 45 miles north-west of Bradford
north
47m
Swarthdale is 47 miles north of Salford
north-west
48m
Swarthdale is 48 miles north-west of Manchester
west
48m
Swarthdale is 48 miles west of Ripon
north
50m
Swarthdale is 50 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
52m
Swarthdale is 52 miles north-west of Leeds
south
54m
Swarthdale is 54 miles south of Carlisle
north-west
58m
Swarthdale is 58 miles north-west of Wakefield