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  1. Ellesmere

Where is Ellesmere?

Ellesmere is located in the county of Shropshire, West Midlands, seven miles east of the town of Chirk, 15 miles north of the major town of Shrewsbury, 99 miles north of Cardiff, and 152 miles north-west of London. Ellesmere lies two miles south-east of the Clwyd border. Ellesmere falls within the unitary authority of Shropshire. It is in the SY12 postcode district. The post town for Ellesmere is Ellesmere.

Ellesmere on a map

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

Which county is Ellesmere in?

Ellesmere is in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, the historic county of Shropshire, and the administrative county of Shropshire.

Ceremonial CountyShropshire
Historic CountyShropshire
Administrative CountyShropshire

Where is Ellesmere in Shropshire?

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

Map showing location of Ellesmere within Shropshire
Location of Ellesmere within Shropshire

What is the postcode for Ellesmere?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Ellesmere is SY12 0EQ.

Where is Ellesmere in SY12?

Ellesmere is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SY12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SY12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Ellesmere within SY12
Location of Ellesmere within SY12

What is the post town for Ellesmere?

The post town for Ellesmere is Ellesmere. Ellesmere is in the SY12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ellesmere.

What is the latitude and longitude of Ellesmere?

The centre of Ellesmere is located at position 52.90729° latitude and -2.89376° longitude.

Latitude52.90729°
Longitude-2.89376°

What is the easting and northing of Ellesmere?

The centre of Ellesmere is located at the grid reference easting 339987 and northing 334802 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting339987
Northing334802

What are the nearest towns to Ellesmere?

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

east
7m
Ellesmere is 7 miles east of Chirk
north-east
7m
Ellesmere is 7 miles north-east of Oswestry
north-west
8m
Ellesmere is 8 miles north-west of Wem
south-west
10m
Ellesmere is 10 miles south-west of Whitchurch
east
12m
Ellesmere is 12 miles east of Llangollen
north
15m
Ellesmere is 15 miles north of Shrewsbury
west
17m
Ellesmere is 17 miles west of Market Drayton
north-east
19m
Ellesmere is 19 miles north-east of Llanfyllin
south-west
19m
Ellesmere is 19 miles south-west of Nantwich
south-east
20m
Ellesmere is 20 miles south-east of Buckley

What are the nearest cities to Ellesmere?

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

south-east
11m
Ellesmere is 11 miles south-east of Wrexham
south
20m
Ellesmere is 20 miles south of Chester
west
31m
Ellesmere is 31 miles west of Stoke-on-Trent
south-east
33m
Ellesmere is 33 miles south-east of St Asaph
south
35m
Ellesmere is 35 miles south of Liverpool
north-west
39m
Ellesmere is 39 miles north-west of Wolverhampton
south-west
47m
Ellesmere is 47 miles south-west of Salford
west
47m
Ellesmere is 47 miles west of Lichfield
south-west
48m
Ellesmere is 48 miles south-west of Manchester
north-west
51m
Ellesmere is 51 miles north-west of Birmingham

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