Distances from Preston
The straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance from Preston 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 Preston is Blackpool, ≈ 23 km in a straight line.
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23km
Preston → Blackpool · 15 miles
DirectionWNW · 285°
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).
Preston → Blackpool: 23 km (15 mi) · WNW · 285° · ~0 h 20 min| City | Straight-line | Direction | Est. time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Blackpool | 23 km | WNW | 0 h 16 min |
| Bolton Bury | 27 km | SE | 0 h 18 min |
| Liverpool Liverpool | 43 km | SSW | 0 h 29 min |
| Manchester Stockport | 49 km | SE | 0 h 33 min |
| Bradford Bradford | 58 km | E | 0 h 39 min |
| Chester Cheshire West and Chester | 65 km | S | 0 h 43 min |
| Leeds Leeds | 76 km | E | 0 h 51 min |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent | 91 km | SSE | 1 h 01 min |
| Sheffield Sheffield | 92 km | ESE | 1 h 01 min |
| York York | 109 km | ENE | 1 h 12 min |
| Derby Nottingham | 124 km | SE | 1 h 23 min |
| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 132 km | NE | 1 h 28 min |
| Nottingham Nottingham | 137 km | SE | 1 h 31 min |
| Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | 137 km | SSE | 1 h 31 min |
| Birmingham Birmingham | 152 km | SSE | 1 h 42 min |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne | 153 km | NNE | 1 h 42 min |
| Sunderland Sunderland | 153 km | NNE | 1 h 42 min |
| Lincoln Lincolnshire | 155 km | ESE | 1 h 43 min |
| Kingston upon Hull City of Kingston upon Hull | 156 km | E | 1 h 44 min |
| Leicester Leicester | 163 km | SE | 1 h 49 min |
| Coventry Coventry | 171 km | SSE | 1 h 54 min |
| Northampton North Northamptonshire | 208 km | SE | 2 h 18 min |
| Peterborough Peterborough | 210 km | SE | 2 h 20 min |
| Gloucester Gloucestershire | 213 km | S | 2 h 22 min |
| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes | 228 km | SE | 2 h 32 min |
| Belfast Belfast | 229 km | WNW | 2 h 33 min |
| Oxford Oxfordshire | 244 km | SSE | 2 h 43 min |
| Edinburgh Edinburgh | 245 km | N | 2 h 44 min |
| Swansea Swansea | 252 km | SSW | 2 h 48 min |
| Swindon Swindon | 253 km | SSE | 2 h 49 min |
| Glasgow Glasgow | 254 km | NNW | 2 h 49 min |
| Cardiff Cardiff | 256 km | S | 2 h 51 min |
| Cambridge Cambridgeshire | 257 km | SE | 2 h 51 min |
| Bristol Bristol | 257 km | S | 2 h 51 min |
| Luton Luton | 260 km | SE | 2 h 53 min |
| Bath Bath and North East Somerset | 267 km | S | 2 h 58 min |
| Reading Reading | 282 km | SSE | 3 h 08 min |
| Norwich Norfolk | 295 km | ESE | 3 h 17 min |
| Dundee Dundee | 301 km | N | 3 h 21 min |
| London Westminster | 305 km | SE | 3 h 23 min |
| Ipswich Suffolk | 321 km | SE | 3 h 34 min |
| Southampton City of Southampton | 329 km | SSE | 3 h 39 min |
| Exeter Devon | 343 km | S | 3 h 48 min |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 343 km | S | 3 h 49 min |
| Portsmouth Portsmouth | 348 km | SSE | 3 h 52 min |
| Brighton Brighton and Hove | 370 km | SSE | 4 h 07 min |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen | 378 km | N | 4 h 12 min |
| Plymouth Plymouth | 388 km | SSW | 4 h 19 min |
| Inverness Highland | 424 km | NNW | 4 h 43 min |