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Where is Dowles?

Dowles is located in the county of Worcestershire, West Midlands, one mile north-west of the town of Bewdley, 14 miles south-west of the major town of Dudley, 72 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 112 miles north-west of London. Dowles lies just south-east of the Shropshire border. Dowles falls within the district council of Wyre Forest, under the county council of Worcestershire. It is in the DY12 postcode district. The post town for Dowles is Bewdley.

Dowles on a map

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

Which county is Dowles in?

Dowles is in the ceremonial county of Worcestershire, the historic county of Worcestershire, and the administrative county of Worcestershire.

Ceremonial CountyWorcestershire
Historic CountyWorcestershire
Administrative CountyWorcestershire

Where is Dowles in Worcestershire?

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

Map showing location of Dowles within Worcestershire
Location of Dowles within Worcestershire

What is the postcode for Dowles?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Dowles is DY12 3AA.

Where is Dowles in DY12?

Dowles is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DY12 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DY12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Dowles within DY12
Location of Dowles within DY12

What is the post town for Dowles?

The post town for Dowles is Bewdley. Dowles is in the DY12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bewdley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Dowles?

The centre of Dowles is located at position 52.38578° latitude and -2.3306° longitude.

Latitude52.38578°
Longitude-2.3306°

What is the easting and northing of Dowles?

The centre of Dowles is located at the grid reference easting 377596 and northing 276468 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting377596
Northing276468

What are the nearest towns to Dowles?

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

north-west
1m
Dowles is 1 mile north-west of Bewdley
west
3m
Dowles is 3 miles west of Kidderminster
north-west
4m
Dowles is 4 miles north-west of Stourport-on-Severn
east
7m
Dowles is 7 miles east of Cleobury Mortimer
south-west
9m
Dowles is 9 miles south-west of Stourbridge
south-west
10m
Dowles is 10 miles south-west of Kingswinford
south
11m
Dowles is 11 miles south of Bridgnorth
south-west
11m
Dowles is 11 miles south-west of Brierley Hill
north-west
11m
Dowles is 11 miles north-west of Droitwich Spa
west
12m
Dowles is 12 miles west of Bromsgrove

What are the nearest cities to Dowles?

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

north
14m
Dowles is 14 miles north of Worcester
south-west
16m
Dowles is 16 miles south-west of Wolverhampton
west
19m
Dowles is 19 miles west of Birmingham
north-east
28m
Dowles is 28 miles north-east of Hereford
south-west
30m
Dowles is 30 miles south-west of Lichfield
west
35m
Dowles is 35 miles west of Coventry
north
36m
Dowles is 36 miles north of Gloucester
south
44m
Dowles is 44 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
52m
Dowles is 52 miles south-west of Derby
west
53m
Dowles is 53 miles west of Leicester