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Where is Blaston?

Blaston is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, five miles south-west of the town of Uppingham, 15 miles east of the major city of Leicester, and 77 miles north-west of London. Blaston lies two miles north of the Northamptonshire border. Blaston falls within the district council of Harborough, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE16 postcode district. The post town for Blaston is Market Harborough.

Blaston on a map

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

Which county is Blaston in?

Blaston is in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, the historic county of Leicestershire, and the administrative county of Leicestershire.

Ceremonial CountyLeicestershire
Historic CountyLeicestershire
Administrative CountyLeicestershire

Where is Blaston in Leicestershire?

Blaston is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Leicestershire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Leicestershire.

Map showing location of Blaston within Leicestershire
Location of Blaston within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Blaston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Blaston is LE16 8DE.

Where is Blaston in LE16?

Blaston is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LE16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LE16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Blaston within LE16
Location of Blaston within LE16

What is the post town for Blaston?

The post town for Blaston is Market Harborough. Blaston is in the LE16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Market Harborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Blaston?

The centre of Blaston is located at position 52.5516° latitude and -0.81403° longitude.

Latitude52.5516°
Longitude-0.81403°

What is the easting and northing of Blaston?

The centre of Blaston is located at the grid reference easting 480511 and northing 295522 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting480511
Northing295522

What are the nearest towns to Blaston?

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

south-west
5m
Blaston is 5 miles south-west of Uppingham
north-west
6m
Blaston is 6 miles north-west of Corby
north-east
7m
Blaston is 7 miles north-east of Market Harborough
north
8m
Blaston is 8 miles north of Desborough
south
9m
Blaston is 9 miles south of Oakham
north
11m
Blaston is 11 miles north of Kettering
north-west
14m
Blaston is 14 miles north-west of Burton Latimer
south-east
15m
Blaston is 15 miles south-east of Syston
south
15m
Blaston is 15 miles south of Melton Mowbray
west
15m
Blaston is 15 miles west of Oundle

What are the nearest cities to Blaston?

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

east
15m
Blaston is 15 miles east of Leicester
west
24m
Blaston is 24 miles west of Peterborough
east
31m
Blaston is 31 miles east of Coventry
south-east
31m
Blaston is 31 miles south-east of Nottingham
north
35m
Blaston is 35 miles north of Milton Keynes
south-east
38m
Blaston is 38 miles south-east of Derby
east
44m
Blaston is 44 miles east of Lichfield
east
46m
Blaston is 46 miles east of Birmingham
north-west
46m
Blaston is 46 miles north-west of Cambridge
west
47m
Blaston is 47 miles west of Ely