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Where is Torrance?

Torrance is located in the county of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, two miles west of the town of Kirkintilloch, five miles north of the major city of Glasgow, 40 miles west of Edinburgh, 311 miles north of Cardiff, and 348 miles north-west of London. Torrance lies two miles north-west of the Lanarkshire border, and was historically in the county of Stirlingshire. Torrance falls within the unitary authority of East Dunbartonshire. It is in the G64 postcode district. The post town for Torrance is Glasgow.

Torrance on a map

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

Which county is Torrance in?

Torrance is in the ceremonial county of Dunbartonshire, the historic county of Stirlingshire, and the administrative county of East Dunbartonshire.

Ceremonial CountyDunbartonshire
Historic CountyStirlingshire
Administrative CountyEast Dunbartonshire

Where is Torrance in Dunbartonshire?

Torrance is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Dunbartonshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Dunbartonshire.

Map showing location of Torrance within Dunbartonshire
Location of Torrance within Dunbartonshire

What is the postcode for Torrance?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Torrance is G64 4EL.

Where is Torrance in G64?

Torrance is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the G64 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the G64 postcode district.

Map showing location of Torrance within G64
Location of Torrance within G64

What is the post town for Torrance?

The post town for Torrance is Glasgow. Torrance is in the G64 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Glasgow.

What is the latitude and longitude of Torrance?

The centre of Torrance is located at position 55.9385° latitude and -4.21215° longitude.

Latitude55.9385°
Longitude-4.21215°

What is the easting and northing of Torrance?

The centre of Torrance is located at the grid reference easting 261921 and northing 673927 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting261921
Northing673927

What are the nearest towns to Torrance?

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

west
2m
Torrance is 2 miles west of Kirkintilloch
north
2m
Torrance is 2 miles north of Bishopbriggs
east
4m
Torrance is 4 miles east of Milngavie
east
5m
Torrance is 5 miles east of Bearsden
south-west
7m
Torrance is 7 miles south-west of Kilsyth
north
8m
Torrance is 8 miles north of Rutherglen
north-east
8m
Torrance is 8 miles north-east of Renfrew
west
8m
Torrance is 8 miles west of Cumbernauld
east
9m
Torrance is 9 miles east of Clydebank
north-west
9m
Torrance is 9 miles north-west of Coatbridge

What are the nearest cities to Torrance?

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

north
5m
Torrance is 5 miles north of Glasgow
south-west
16m
Torrance is 16 miles south-west of Stirling
west
30m
Torrance is 30 miles west of Dunfermline
west
40m
Torrance is 40 miles west of Edinburgh
south-west
43m
Torrance is 43 miles south-west of Perth
south-west
60m
Torrance is 60 miles south-west of Dundee
north-west
88m
Torrance is 88 miles north-west of Carlisle
south
107m
Torrance is 107 miles south of Inverness
south-west
117m
Torrance is 117 miles south-west of Aberdeen
north-west
122m
Torrance is 122 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne