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Where is Gainford?

Gainford is located in the county of Durham, North East England, seven miles south-west of the town of Shildon, eight miles west of the major town of Darlington, 113 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 220 miles north of London. Gainford lies just north-west of the North Yorkshire border. Gainford falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DL2 postcode district. The post town for Gainford is Darlington.

Gainford on a map

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

Which county is Gainford in?

Gainford is in the ceremonial county of Durham, the historic county of Durham, and the administrative county of County Durham.

Ceremonial CountyDurham
Historic CountyDurham
Administrative CountyCounty Durham

Where is Gainford in Durham?

Gainford is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Durham, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Durham.

Map showing location of Gainford within Durham
Location of Gainford within Durham

What is the postcode for Gainford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Gainford is DL2 3DJ.

Where is Gainford in DL2?

Gainford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DL2 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the DL2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Gainford within DL2
Location of Gainford within DL2

What is the post town for Gainford?

The post town for Gainford is Darlington. Gainford is in the DL2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Darlington.

What is the latitude and longitude of Gainford?

The centre of Gainford is located at position 54.54643° latitude and -1.73857° longitude.

Latitude54.54643°
Longitude-1.73857°

What is the easting and northing of Gainford?

The centre of Gainford is located at the grid reference easting 417010 and northing 516828 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting417010
Northing516828

What are the nearest towns to Gainford?

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

south-west
7m
Gainford is 7 miles south-west of Shildon
east
7m
Gainford is 7 miles east of Barnard Castle
west
8m
Gainford is 8 miles west of Darlington
south-west
8m
Gainford is 8 miles south-west of Newton Aycliffe
south
8m
Gainford is 8 miles south of Bishop Auckland
north
10m
Gainford is 10 miles north of Richmond
south
12m
Gainford is 12 miles south of Willington
south
12m
Gainford is 12 miles south of Crook
south-west
12m
Gainford is 12 miles south-west of Spennymoor
south-west
12m
Gainford is 12 miles south-west of Ferryhill

What are the nearest cities to Gainford?

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

south
17m
Gainford is 17 miles south of Durham
south-west
28m
Gainford is 28 miles south-west of Sunderland
north
30m
Gainford is 30 miles north of Ripon
south
30m
Gainford is 30 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
north-west
48m
Gainford is 48 miles north-west of York
north
52m
Gainford is 52 miles north of Leeds
north
52m
Gainford is 52 miles north of Bradford
south-east
53m
Gainford is 53 miles south-east of Carlisle
north-east
55m
Gainford is 55 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
60m
Gainford is 60 miles north of Wakefield

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