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Where is Flaxley?

Flaxley is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles east of the town of Cinderford, nine miles west of the major city of Gloucester, 40 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 102 miles west of London. Flaxley lies four miles south-east of the Herefordshire border. Flaxley falls within the district council of Forest of Dean, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL14 postcode district.

Flaxley on a map

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

Which county is Flaxley in?

Flaxley 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 Flaxley in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Flaxley within Gloucestershire
Location of Flaxley within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Flaxley?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Flaxley is GL14 1JR.

Where is Flaxley in GL14?

Flaxley is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL14 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL14 postcode district.

Map showing location of Flaxley within GL14
Location of Flaxley within GL14

What is the latitude and longitude of Flaxley?

The centre of Flaxley is located at position 51.83361° latitude and -2.4474° longitude.

Latitude51.83361°
Longitude-2.4474°

What is the easting and northing of Flaxley?

The centre of Flaxley is located at the grid reference easting 369268 and northing 215094 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting369268
Northing215094

What are the nearest towns to Flaxley?

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

east
2m
Flaxley is 2 miles east of Cinderford
south-east
3m
Flaxley is 3 miles south-east of Mitcheldean
south
7m
Flaxley is 7 miles south of Newent
east
8m
Flaxley is 8 miles east of Coleford
south-east
8m
Flaxley is 8 miles south-east of Ross-on-Wye
north-east
8m
Flaxley is 8 miles north-east of Lydney
north-west
9m
Flaxley is 9 miles north-west of Stonehouse
north
11m
Flaxley is 11 miles north of Dursley
west
11m
Flaxley is 11 miles west of Painswick
east
11m
Flaxley is 11 miles east of Monmouth

What are the nearest cities to Flaxley?

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

west
9m
Flaxley is 9 miles west of Gloucester
south-east
19m
Flaxley is 19 miles south-east of Hereford
south
27m
Flaxley is 27 miles south of Worcester
north
27m
Flaxley is 27 miles north of Bristol
north-east
29m
Flaxley is 29 miles north-east of Newport
north
31m
Flaxley is 31 miles north of Bath
north-east
40m
Flaxley is 40 miles north-east of Cardiff
north
44m
Flaxley is 44 miles north of Wells
south-west
50m
Flaxley is 50 miles south-west of Birmingham
west
51m
Flaxley is 51 miles west of Oxford