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Where is Swinden?

Swinden is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, five miles north of the town of Barnoldswick, 14 miles north of the major town of Burnley, 142 miles south of Edinburgh, 178 miles north of Cardiff, and 192 miles north-west of London. Swinden lies just north-east of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Swinden falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the BD23 postcode district. The post town for Swinden is Skipton.

Swinden on a map

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

Which county is Swinden in?

Swinden 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 Swinden in North Yorkshire?

Swinden 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 Swinden within North Yorkshire
Location of Swinden within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Swinden?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Swinden is BD23 4LS.

Where is Swinden in BD23?

Swinden is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the BD23 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the BD23 postcode district.

Map showing location of Swinden within BD23
Location of Swinden within BD23

What is the post town for Swinden?

The post town for Swinden is Skipton. Swinden is in the BD23 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Skipton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Swinden?

The centre of Swinden is located at position 53.98527° latitude and -2.21341° longitude.

Latitude53.98527°
Longitude-2.21341°

What is the easting and northing of Swinden?

The centre of Swinden is located at the grid reference easting 386103 and northing 454379 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting386103
Northing454379

What are the nearest towns to Swinden?

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

north
5m
Swinden is 5 miles north of Barnoldswick
north-west
6m
Swinden is 6 miles north-west of Earby
south-east
6m
Swinden is 6 miles south-east of Settle
west
8m
Swinden is 8 miles west of Skipton
north
9m
Swinden is 9 miles north of Colne
north
9m
Swinden is 9 miles north of Barrowford
north
10m
Swinden is 10 miles north of Trawden
north
10m
Swinden is 10 miles north of Nelson
north-east
10m
Swinden is 10 miles north-east of Clitheroe
north
11m
Swinden is 11 miles north of Brierfield

What are the nearest cities to Swinden?

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

north-west
23m
Swinden is 23 miles north-west of Bradford
east
24m
Swinden is 24 miles east of Lancaster
north-east
25m
Swinden is 25 miles north-east of Preston
north-west
30m
Swinden is 30 miles north-west of Leeds
west
30m
Swinden is 30 miles west of Ripon
north
35m
Swinden is 35 miles north of Manchester
north
35m
Swinden is 35 miles north of Salford
north-west
36m
Swinden is 36 miles north-west of Wakefield
west
46m
Swinden is 46 miles west of York
north-east
51m
Swinden is 51 miles north-east of Liverpool