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Where is Fountains Abbey?

Fountains Abbey is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles south-west of the city of Ripon, eight miles north of the major town of Harrogate, 143 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 189 miles north of London. Fountains Abbey was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Fountains Abbey falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the HG4 postcode district. The post town for Fountains Abbey is Ripon.

Fountains Abbey on a map

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

Which county is Fountains Abbey in?

Fountains Abbey is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire?

Fountains Abbey is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Fountains Abbey within North Yorkshire
Location of Fountains Abbey within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Fountains Abbey?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Fountains Abbey is HG4 3EA.

Where is Fountains Abbey in HG4?

Fountains Abbey is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the HG4 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HG4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Fountains Abbey within HG4
Location of Fountains Abbey within HG4

What is the post town for Fountains Abbey?

The post town for Fountains Abbey is Ripon. Fountains Abbey is in the HG4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ripon.

What is the latitude and longitude of Fountains Abbey?

The centre of Fountains Abbey is located at position 54.10763° latitude and -1.58809° longitude.

Latitude54.10763°
Longitude-1.58809°

What is the easting and northing of Fountains Abbey?

The centre of Fountains Abbey is located at the grid reference easting 427029 and northing 468051 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting427029
Northing468051

What are the nearest towns to Fountains Abbey?

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

east
7m
Fountains Abbey is 7 miles east of Pateley Bridge
west
8m
Fountains Abbey is 8 miles west of Boroughbridge
north
8m
Fountains Abbey is 8 miles north of Harrogate
south
8m
Fountains Abbey is 8 miles south of Masham
north-west
9m
Fountains Abbey is 9 miles north-west of Knaresborough
south
12m
Fountains Abbey is 12 miles south of Bedale
south-west
13m
Fountains Abbey is 13 miles south-west of Thirsk
north
15m
Fountains Abbey is 15 miles north of Otley
north-west
15m
Fountains Abbey is 15 miles north-west of Wetherby
south-east
15m
Fountains Abbey is 15 miles south-east of Middleham

What are the nearest cities to Fountains Abbey?

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

south-west
3m
Fountains Abbey is 3 miles south-west of Ripon
north
21m
Fountains Abbey is 21 miles north of Leeds
north-west
23m
Fountains Abbey is 23 miles north-west of York
north
23m
Fountains Abbey is 23 miles north of Bradford
north
30m
Fountains Abbey is 30 miles north of Wakefield
north-west
45m
Fountains Abbey is 45 miles north-west of Doncaster
south
46m
Fountains Abbey is 46 miles south of Durham
east
50m
Fountains Abbey is 50 miles east of Lancaster
north
50m
Fountains Abbey is 50 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
51m
Fountains Abbey is 51 miles north-east of Manchester