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  1. Weir

Where is Weir?

Weir is located in the county of Lancashire, North West England, two miles north of the town of Bacup, five miles south-east of the major town of Burnley, 159 miles south of Edinburgh, 161 miles north of Cardiff, and 176 miles north-west of London. Weir lies roughly one mile west of the West Yorkshire border. Weir falls within the district council of Rossendale, under the county council of Lancashire. It is in the OL13 postcode district. The post town for Weir is Bacup.

Weir on a map

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

Which county is Weir in?

Weir 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 Weir in Lancashire?

Weir is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Lancashire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Lancashire.

Map showing location of Weir within Lancashire
Location of Weir within Lancashire

What is the postcode for Weir?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Weir is OL13 8QP.

Where is Weir in OL13?

Weir is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the OL13 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the OL13 postcode district.

Map showing location of Weir within OL13
Location of Weir within OL13

What is the post town for Weir?

The post town for Weir is Bacup. Weir is in the OL13 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bacup.

What is the latitude and longitude of Weir?

The centre of Weir is located at position 53.72611° latitude and -2.19853° longitude.

Latitude53.72611°
Longitude-2.19853°

What is the easting and northing of Weir?

The centre of Weir is located at the grid reference easting 386998 and northing 425541 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting386998
Northing425541

What are the nearest towns to Weir?

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

north
2m
Weir is 2 miles north of Bacup
north-east
4m
Weir is 4 miles north-east of Rawtenstall
west
4m
Weir is 4 miles west of Todmorden
south-east
5m
Weir is 5 miles south-east of Burnley
north
5m
Weir is 5 miles north of Whitworth
east
5m
Weir is 5 miles east of Haslingden
south
7m
Weir is 7 miles south of Brierfield
south-east
7m
Weir is 7 miles south-east of Padiham
east
7m
Weir is 7 miles east of Accrington
north-west
7m
Weir is 7 miles north-west of Littleborough

What are the nearest cities to Weir?

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

north
17m
Weir is 17 miles north of Manchester
north
17m
Weir is 17 miles north of Salford
west
19m
Weir is 19 miles west of Bradford
east
21m
Weir is 21 miles east of Preston
west
27m
Weir is 27 miles west of Leeds
west
29m
Weir is 29 miles west of Wakefield
south-east
33m
Weir is 33 miles south-east of Lancaster
north-west
38m
Weir is 38 miles north-west of Sheffield
north-east
39m
Weir is 39 miles north-east of Liverpool
south-west
40m
Weir is 40 miles south-west of Ripon

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