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Where is Cottingham?

Cottingham is located in the county of Northamptonshire, East Midlands, three miles west of the town of Corby, 18 miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 73 miles north-west of London. Cottingham lies just south-east of the Leicestershire border. Cottingham falls within the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. It is in the LE16 postcode district. The post town for Cottingham is Market Harborough.

Cottingham on a map

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

Which county is Cottingham in?

Cottingham is in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, the historic county of Northamptonshire, and the administrative county of North Northamptonshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorthamptonshire
Historic CountyNorthamptonshire
Administrative CountyNorth Northamptonshire

Where is Cottingham in Northamptonshire?

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

Map showing location of Cottingham within Northamptonshire
Location of Cottingham within Northamptonshire

What is the postcode for Cottingham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cottingham is LE16 8XL.

Where is Cottingham in LE16?

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

Map showing location of Cottingham within LE16
Location of Cottingham within LE16

What is the post town for Cottingham?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Cottingham?

The centre of Cottingham is located at position 52.50263° latitude and -0.75773° longitude.

Latitude52.50263°
Longitude-0.75773°

What is the easting and northing of Cottingham?

The centre of Cottingham is located at the grid reference easting 484422 and northing 290140 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting484422
Northing290140

What are the nearest towns to Cottingham?

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

west
3m
Cottingham is 3 miles west of Corby
north-east
5m
Cottingham is 5 miles north-east of Desborough
south
6m
Cottingham is 6 miles south of Uppingham
east
7m
Cottingham is 7 miles east of Market Harborough
north
7m
Cottingham is 7 miles north of Kettering
north
10m
Cottingham is 10 miles north of Burton Latimer
south
12m
Cottingham is 12 miles south of Oakham
north-west
12m
Cottingham is 12 miles north-west of Thrapston
west
12m
Cottingham is 12 miles west of Oundle
north-west
14m
Cottingham is 14 miles north-west of Irthlingborough

What are the nearest cities to Cottingham?

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

south-east
18m
Cottingham is 18 miles south-east of Leicester
west
22m
Cottingham is 22 miles west of Peterborough
north
32m
Cottingham is 32 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
32m
Cottingham is 32 miles east of Coventry
south-east
35m
Cottingham is 35 miles south-east of Nottingham
south-east
42m
Cottingham is 42 miles south-east of Derby
north-west
42m
Cottingham is 42 miles north-west of Cambridge
west
44m
Cottingham is 44 miles west of Ely
east
47m
Cottingham is 47 miles east of Lichfield
east
48m
Cottingham is 48 miles east of Birmingham

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