The phrase "a bit north of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a location that is slightly to the north of a specific point or reference.
Example: "The restaurant is located a bit north of the main square, just past the library."
Alternatives: "slightly north of" or "a little north of".
Travel just a bit north of the city, and you're in Wisconsin territory.
Just a bit north of Andorra la Vella is the Caldea Spa.
He once lived on the Upper East Side, but his office is actually a bit north of Times Square.
IF YOU GO -- The edge of Edison extends to U.S. Route 1 and is a bit north of New Brunswick.
The fence would be built a bit north of the river, and that might look like the state is ceding strips of land back to Mexico.
Last week, I met the Review-Journal's deputy editor, James Wright, in a quiet conference room at the paper's offices, a bit north of downtown.
Researchers also have dated a thighbone of a modern human to 45,000 years at Ust-Ishim in Siberia, although that was found south of the Arctic at a latitude of 57° north, a bit north (and east) of Moscow.
So leaving aside what happened in Connecticut, let's think about a school, not a very good school, but a school that's a little bit north of here.
It won't shift much if the Chargers move a bit north, but Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times paints the unhappy possibility of the Raiders weaseling their way into the picture.
"I love to integrate the native animals of the country I visit," he relates as he talks about the armadillo, buzzards, raccoon, anteater, and fighting cock he gave to his hosts in the metropolis Mexico City and a bit north in the tiny town of Jamaica in the State of Guanajuato.
His Rebus demonstrates the rueful intelligence that is part of the Cromwell persona, but he's a bit too north-of-the-border for this scion of the Southwark streets.
