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Where is Windermere?

Windermere is located in the county of Cumbria, North West England, one mile north-east of the town of Bowness-on-Windermere, 35 miles south of the major city of Carlisle, 109 miles south of Edinburgh, 201 miles north of Cardiff, and 229 miles north-west of London. Windermere was historically in the county of Westmorland. Windermere falls within the unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. It is in the LA23 postcode district. The post town for Windermere is Windermere.

Windermere on a map

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

Which county is Windermere in?

Windermere is in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, the historic county of Westmorland, and the administrative county of Westmorland and Furness.

Ceremonial CountyCumbria
Historic CountyWestmorland
Administrative CountyWestmorland and Furness

Where is Windermere in Cumbria?

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

Map showing location of Windermere within Cumbria
Location of Windermere within Cumbria

What is the postcode for Windermere?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Windermere is LA23 1BT.

Where is Windermere in LA23?

Windermere is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LA23 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LA23 postcode district.

Map showing location of Windermere within LA23
Location of Windermere within LA23

What is the post town for Windermere?

The post town for Windermere is Windermere. Windermere is in the LA23 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Windermere.

What is the latitude and longitude of Windermere?

The centre of Windermere is located at position 54.37969° latitude and -2.90639° longitude.

Latitude54.37969°
Longitude-2.90639°

What is the easting and northing of Windermere?

The centre of Windermere is located at the grid reference easting 341225 and northing 498623 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting341225
Northing498623

What are the nearest towns to Windermere?

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

north-east
1m
Windermere is 1 mile north-east of Bowness-on-Windermere
south-east
4m
Windermere is 4 miles south-east of Ambleside
north-west
7m
Windermere is 7 miles north-west of Kendal
north
13m
Windermere is 13 miles north of Grange-over-Sands
north-east
14m
Windermere is 14 miles north-east of Broughton in Furness
north-east
15m
Windermere is 15 miles north-east of Ulverston
west
16m
Windermere is 16 miles west of Sedbergh
north-west
18m
Windermere is 18 miles north-west of Kirkby Lonsdale
south-east
18m
Windermere is 18 miles south-east of Keswick
north
18m
Windermere is 18 miles north of Carnforth

What are the nearest cities to Windermere?

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

north
23m
Windermere is 23 miles north of Lancaster
south
35m
Windermere is 35 miles south of Carlisle
north
44m
Windermere is 44 miles north of Preston
west
58m
Windermere is 58 miles west of Ripon
south-west
60m
Windermere is 60 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
62m
Windermere is 62 miles north-west of Bradford
south-west
66m
Windermere is 66 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
67m
Windermere is 67 miles north of Salford
north
67m
Windermere is 67 miles north of Liverpool
north-west
68m
Windermere is 68 miles north-west of Manchester

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