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Where is Barrow?

Barrow is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, four miles west of the major town of Cheltenham, 53 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 92 miles west of London. Barrow lies five miles south of the Worcestershire border. Barrow falls within the district council of Tewkesbury, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL51 postcode district. The post town for Barrow is Cheltenham.

Barrow on a map

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

Which county is Barrow in?

Barrow is in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, the historic county of Gloucestershire, and the administrative county of Gloucestershire.

Ceremonial CountyGloucestershire
Historic CountyGloucestershire
Administrative CountyGloucestershire

Where is Barrow in Gloucestershire?

Barrow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Gloucestershire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Barrow within Gloucestershire
Location of Barrow within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Barrow?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barrow is GL51 0TL.

Where is Barrow in GL51?

Barrow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL51 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the GL51 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barrow within GL51
Location of Barrow within GL51

What is the post town for Barrow?

The post town for Barrow is Cheltenham. Barrow is in the GL51 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cheltenham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at position 51.92205° latitude and -2.16867° longitude.

Latitude51.92205°
Longitude-2.16867°

What is the easting and northing of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at the grid reference easting 388497 and northing 224850 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting388497
Northing224850

What are the nearest towns to Barrow?

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

west
4m
Barrow is 4 miles west of Cheltenham
south
5m
Barrow is 5 miles south of Tewkesbury
west
9m
Barrow is 9 miles west of Winchcombe
north
9m
Barrow is 9 miles north of Painswick
east
10m
Barrow is 10 miles east of Newent
north
12m
Barrow is 12 miles north of Stroud
north
13m
Barrow is 13 miles north of Stonehouse
south-east
13m
Barrow is 13 miles south-east of Ledbury
south
14m
Barrow is 14 miles south of Pershore
east
14m
Barrow is 14 miles east of Mitcheldean

What are the nearest cities to Barrow?

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

north-east
5m
Barrow is 5 miles north-east of Gloucester
south
19m
Barrow is 19 miles south of Worcester
east
25m
Barrow is 25 miles east of Hereford
north-east
37m
Barrow is 37 miles north-east of Bristol
north
38m
Barrow is 38 miles north of Bath
south
40m
Barrow is 40 miles south of Birmingham
west
41m
Barrow is 41 miles west of Oxford
north-east
42m
Barrow is 42 miles north-east of Newport
south-west
44m
Barrow is 44 miles south-west of Coventry
south
46m
Barrow is 46 miles south of Wolverhampton