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Where is Forthampton?

Forthampton is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles west of the town of Tewkesbury, nine miles north-west of the major town of Cheltenham, 55 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 95 miles west of London. Forthampton lies just south of the Worcestershire border. Forthampton falls within the district council of Tewkesbury, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL19 postcode district. The post town for Forthampton is Gloucester.

Forthampton on a map

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

Which county is Forthampton in?

Forthampton 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 Forthampton in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Forthampton within Gloucestershire
Location of Forthampton within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Forthampton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Forthampton is GL19 4QA.

Where is Forthampton in GL19?

Forthampton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL19 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the GL19 postcode district.

Map showing location of Forthampton within GL19
Location of Forthampton within GL19

What is the post town for Forthampton?

The post town for Forthampton is Gloucester. Forthampton is in the GL19 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Gloucester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Forthampton?

The centre of Forthampton is located at position 51.9922° latitude and -2.21072° longitude.

Latitude51.9922°
Longitude-2.21072°

What is the easting and northing of Forthampton?

The centre of Forthampton is located at the grid reference easting 385628 and northing 232660 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting385628
Northing232660

What are the nearest towns to Forthampton?

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

west
2m
Forthampton is 2 miles west of Tewkesbury
north-west
9m
Forthampton is 9 miles north-west of Cheltenham
north-east
9m
Forthampton is 9 miles north-east of Newent
east
10m
Forthampton is 10 miles east of Ledbury
south-east
10m
Forthampton is 10 miles south-east of Great Malvern
south-west
10m
Forthampton is 10 miles south-west of Pershore
west
11m
Forthampton is 11 miles west of Winchcombe
south-west
13m
Forthampton is 13 miles south-west of Evesham
north
14m
Forthampton is 14 miles north of Painswick
north-east
15m
Forthampton is 15 miles north-east of Mitcheldean

What are the nearest cities to Forthampton?

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

north
9m
Forthampton is 9 miles north of Gloucester
south
14m
Forthampton is 14 miles south of Worcester
east
22m
Forthampton is 22 miles east of Hereford
south
36m
Forthampton is 36 miles south of Birmingham
north-east
41m
Forthampton is 41 miles north-east of Bristol
south
41m
Forthampton is 41 miles south of Wolverhampton
south-west
41m
Forthampton is 41 miles south-west of Coventry
north
43m
Forthampton is 43 miles north of Bath
north-east
44m
Forthampton is 44 miles north-east of Newport
west
44m
Forthampton is 44 miles west of Oxford