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Where is Wingates?

Wingates is located in the county of Greater Manchester, North West England, one mile north of the town of Westhoughton, four miles west of the major town of Bolton, 146 miles north of Cardiff, 168 miles south of Edinburgh, and 174 miles north-west of London. Wingates lies three miles south of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Lancashire. Wingates falls within the metropolitan district council of Bolton. It is in the BL5 postcode district. The post town for Wingates is Bolton.

Wingates on a map

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

Which county is Wingates in?

Wingates is in the ceremonial county of Greater Manchester, and the historic county of Lancashire.

Ceremonial CountyGreater Manchester
Historic CountyLancashire

Where is Wingates in Greater Manchester?

Wingates is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Greater Manchester, and towards the westernmost extremity of Greater Manchester.

Map showing location of Wingates within Greater Manchester
Location of Wingates within Greater Manchester

What is the postcode for Wingates?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wingates is BL5 3QF.

Where is Wingates in BL5?

Wingates is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BL5 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BL5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wingates within BL5
Location of Wingates within BL5

What is the post town for Wingates?

The post town for Wingates is Bolton. Wingates is in the BL5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bolton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wingates?

The centre of Wingates is located at position 53.56016° latitude and -2.52427° longitude.

Latitude53.56016°
Longitude-2.52427°

What is the easting and northing of Wingates?

The centre of Wingates is located at the grid reference easting 365370 and northing 407188 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting365370
Northing407188

What are the nearest towns to Wingates?

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

north
1m
Wingates is 1 mile north of Westhoughton
north-west
3m
Wingates is 3 miles north-west of Atherton
south
3m
Wingates is 3 miles south of Horwich
north-east
3m
Wingates is 3 miles north-east of Hindley
east
4m
Wingates is 4 miles east of Ince-in-Makerfield
north-west
4m
Wingates is 4 miles north-west of Tyldesley
west
4m
Wingates is 4 miles west of Bolton
north
4m
Wingates is 4 miles north of Leigh
east
4m
Wingates is 4 miles east of Wigan
south-east
5m
Wingates is 5 miles south-east of Adlington

What are the nearest cities to Wingates?

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

north-west
11m
Wingates is 11 miles north-west of Salford
north-west
13m
Wingates is 13 miles north-west of Manchester
south-east
16m
Wingates is 16 miles south-east of Preston
north-east
21m
Wingates is 21 miles north-east of Liverpool
north-east
30m
Wingates is 30 miles north-east of Chester
south-west
35m
Wingates is 35 miles south-west of Bradford
south
36m
Wingates is 36 miles south of Lancaster
north
40m
Wingates is 40 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent
north-east
40m
Wingates is 40 miles north-east of Wrexham
west
43m
Wingates is 43 miles west of Wakefield

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