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Where is The Raikes?

The Raikes is located in the county of Staffordshire, West Midlands, eight miles south-west of the town of Bakewell, 16 miles north-east of the major city of Stoke-on-Trent, 128 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 133 miles north-west of London. The Raikes lies just west of the Derbyshire border. The Raikes falls within the district council of Staffordshire Moorlands, under the county council of Staffordshire. It is in the SK17 postcode district. The post town for The Raikes is Buxton.

The Raikes on a map

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

Which county is The Raikes in?

The Raikes is in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, the historic county of Staffordshire, and the administrative county of Staffordshire.

Ceremonial CountyStaffordshire
Historic CountyStaffordshire
Administrative CountyStaffordshire

Where is The Raikes in Staffordshire?

The Raikes is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Staffordshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Staffordshire.

Map showing location of The Raikes within Staffordshire
Location of The Raikes within Staffordshire

What is the postcode for The Raikes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of The Raikes is SK17 0HJ.

Where is The Raikes in SK17?

The Raikes is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the SK17 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SK17 postcode district.

Map showing location of The Raikes within SK17
Location of The Raikes within SK17

What is the post town for The Raikes?

The post town for The Raikes is Buxton. The Raikes is in the SK17 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Buxton.

What is the latitude and longitude of The Raikes?

The centre of The Raikes is located at position 53.13405° latitude and -1.82439° longitude.

Latitude53.13405°
Longitude-1.82439°

What is the easting and northing of The Raikes?

The centre of The Raikes is located at the grid reference easting 411847 and northing 359669 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting411847
Northing359669

What are the nearest towns to The Raikes?

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

south-west
8m
The Raikes is 8 miles south-west of Bakewell
east
8m
The Raikes is 8 miles east of Leek
north-west
9m
The Raikes is 9 miles north-west of Ashbourne
south-east
9m
The Raikes is 9 miles south-east of Buxton
west
10m
The Raikes is 10 miles west of Darley Dale
west
11m
The Raikes is 11 miles west of Wirksworth
west
11m
The Raikes is 11 miles west of Matlock
north-east
12m
The Raikes is 12 miles north-east of Cheadle
south
14m
The Raikes is 14 miles south of Chapel-en-le-Frith
east
15m
The Raikes is 15 miles east of Biddulph

What are the nearest cities to The Raikes?

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

north-east
16m
The Raikes is 16 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent
north-west
20m
The Raikes is 20 miles north-west of Derby
south-west
23m
The Raikes is 23 miles south-west of Sheffield
south-east
30m
The Raikes is 30 miles south-east of Manchester
north-west
31m
The Raikes is 31 miles north-west of Nottingham
south-east
31m
The Raikes is 31 miles south-east of Salford
north
31m
The Raikes is 31 miles north of Lichfield
south-west
39m
The Raikes is 39 miles south-west of Doncaster
north
40m
The Raikes is 40 miles north of Wolverhampton
south
40m
The Raikes is 40 miles south of Wakefield