Distances from Blackpool
The straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance from Blackpool to the other major cities in United Kingdom, sorted nearest first. By road, the real distance is usually 20–40% longer.
The nearest city to Blackpool is Preston, ≈ 23 km in a straight line.
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23km
Blackpool → Preston · 15 miles
DirectionESE · 105°
Estimated time0 h 20 min
Estimated fuel2.1 L · 16.02 £
Road distance (est.)~31 km
Midpoint53.7899, -2.8771
Time and fuel are estimates at the chosen speed and consumption, for the estimated road distance (≈1.3× the straight line when a live route isn't available).
Blackpool → Preston: 23 km (15 mi) · ESE · 105° · ~0 h 20 min| City | Straight-line | Direction | Est. time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Lancashire | 23 km | ESE | 0 h 16 min |
| Liverpool Liverpool | 45 km | S | 0 h 30 min |
| Bolton Bury | 48 km | ESE | 0 h 32 min |
| Manchester Stockport | 69 km | SE | 0 h 46 min |
| Chester Cheshire West and Chester | 70 km | S | 0 h 47 min |
| Bradford Bradford | 80 km | E | 0 h 53 min |
| Leeds Leeds | 99 km | E | 1 h 06 min |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent | 107 km | SSE | 1 h 11 min |
| Sheffield Sheffield | 115 km | ESE | 1 h 17 min |
| York York | 130 km | E | 1 h 27 min |
| Derby Nottingham | 144 km | SE | 1 h 36 min |
| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 145 km | NE | 1 h 37 min |
| Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | 151 km | SSE | 1 h 40 min |
| Nottingham Nottingham | 158 km | SE | 1 h 46 min |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne | 159 km | NNE | 1 h 46 min |
| Sunderland Sunderland | 162 km | NE | 1 h 48 min |
| Birmingham Birmingham | 167 km | SSE | 1 h 51 min |
| Kingston upon Hull City of Kingston upon Hull | 179 km | E | 1 h 59 min |
| Lincoln Lincolnshire | 179 km | ESE | 1 h 59 min |
| Leicester Leicester | 183 km | SE | 2 h 02 min |
| Coventry Coventry | 187 km | SE | 2 h 05 min |
| Belfast Belfast | 206 km | WNW | 2 h 17 min |
| Gloucester Gloucestershire | 224 km | SSE | 2 h 29 min |
| Northampton North Northamptonshire | 227 km | SE | 2 h 31 min |
| Peterborough Peterborough | 231 km | SE | 2 h 34 min |
| Edinburgh Edinburgh | 238 km | N | 2 h 38 min |
| Glasgow Glasgow | 241 km | NNW | 2 h 40 min |
| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes | 247 km | SE | 2 h 44 min |
| Swansea Swansea | 251 km | SSW | 2 h 48 min |
| Oxford Oxfordshire | 259 km | SSE | 2 h 53 min |
| Cardiff Cardiff | 260 km | S | 2 h 53 min |
| Bristol Bristol | 264 km | S | 2 h 56 min |
| Swindon Swindon | 265 km | SSE | 2 h 57 min |
| Bath Bath and North East Somerset | 275 km | S | 3 h 04 min |
| Cambridge Cambridgeshire | 278 km | SE | 3 h 05 min |
| Luton Luton | 279 km | SE | 3 h 06 min |
| Dundee Dundee | 295 km | N | 3 h 17 min |
| Reading Reading | 298 km | SSE | 3 h 18 min |
| Norwich Norfolk | 318 km | ESE | 3 h 32 min |
| London Westminster | 324 km | SE | 3 h 36 min |
| Southampton City of Southampton | 342 km | SSE | 3 h 48 min |
| Ipswich Suffolk | 343 km | ESE | 3 h 49 min |
| Exeter Devon | 345 km | S | 3 h 50 min |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 354 km | SSE | 3 h 56 min |
| Portsmouth Portsmouth | 361 km | SSE | 4 h 01 min |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen | 375 km | N | 4 h 10 min |
| Brighton Brighton and Hove | 387 km | SSE | 4 h 18 min |
| Plymouth Plymouth | 389 km | SSW | 4 h 19 min |
| Inverness Highland | 414 km | N | 4 h 36 min |