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Where is Coleford?

Coleford is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, four miles east of the town of Monmouth, 17 miles west of the major city of Gloucester, 32 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 109 miles west of London. Coleford lies two miles east of the Gwent border. Coleford falls within the district council of Forest of Dean, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL16 postcode district. The post town for Coleford is Coleford.

Coleford on a map

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

Which county is Coleford in?

Coleford 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 Coleford in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Coleford within Gloucestershire
Location of Coleford within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Coleford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Coleford is GL16 8AQ.

Where is Coleford in GL16?

Coleford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the GL16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Coleford within GL16
Location of Coleford within GL16

What is the post town for Coleford?

The post town for Coleford is Coleford. Coleford is in the GL16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Coleford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Coleford?

The centre of Coleford is located at position 51.79319° latitude and -2.61754° longitude.

Latitude51.79319°
Longitude-2.61754°

What is the easting and northing of Coleford?

The centre of Coleford is located at the grid reference easting 357506 and northing 210685 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting357506
Northing210685

What are the nearest towns to Coleford?

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

east
4m
Coleford is 4 miles east of Monmouth
south-west
6m
Coleford is 6 miles south-west of Cinderford
north-west
6m
Coleford is 6 miles north-west of Lydney
south-west
7m
Coleford is 7 miles south-west of Mitcheldean
south
8m
Coleford is 8 miles south of Ross-on-Wye
north
11m
Coleford is 11 miles north of Chepstow
south-west
13m
Coleford is 13 miles south-west of Newent
north
13m
Coleford is 13 miles north of Thornbury
north-west
14m
Coleford is 14 miles north-west of Dursley
north-east
14m
Coleford is 14 miles north-east of Usk

What are the nearest cities to Coleford?

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

west
17m
Coleford is 17 miles west of Gloucester
south
19m
Coleford is 19 miles south of Hereford
north-east
22m
Coleford is 22 miles north-east of Newport
north
24m
Coleford is 24 miles north of Bristol
north
30m
Coleford is 30 miles north of Bath
north-east
32m
Coleford is 32 miles north-east of Cardiff
south-west
32m
Coleford is 32 miles south-west of Worcester
north
40m
Coleford is 40 miles north of Wells
south-west
56m
Coleford is 56 miles south-west of Birmingham
east
58m
Coleford is 58 miles east of Swansea

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