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Where is Glooston?

Glooston is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, five miles north of the town of Market Harborough, 11 miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 79 miles north-west of London. Glooston lies two miles north of the Northamptonshire border. Glooston falls within the district council of Harborough, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE16 postcode district. The post town for Glooston is Market Harborough.

Glooston on a map

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

Which county is Glooston in?

Glooston is in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, the historic county of Leicestershire, and the administrative county of Leicestershire.

Ceremonial CountyLeicestershire
Historic CountyLeicestershire
Administrative CountyLeicestershire

Where is Glooston in Leicestershire?

Glooston is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Leicestershire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Leicestershire.

Map showing location of Glooston within Leicestershire
Location of Glooston within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Glooston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Glooston is LE16 7ST.

Where is Glooston in LE16?

Glooston is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LE16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LE16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Glooston within LE16
Location of Glooston within LE16

What is the post town for Glooston?

The post town for Glooston is Market Harborough. Glooston is in the LE16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Market Harborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Glooston?

The centre of Glooston is located at position 52.55538° latitude and -0.89433° longitude.

Latitude52.55538°
Longitude-0.89433°

What is the easting and northing of Glooston?

The centre of Glooston is located at the grid reference easting 475060 and northing 295856 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting475060
Northing295856

What are the nearest towns to Glooston?

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

north
5m
Glooston is 5 miles north of Market Harborough
west
8m
Glooston is 8 miles west of Uppingham
north
8m
Glooston is 8 miles north of Desborough
north-west
9m
Glooston is 9 miles north-west of Corby
south-west
11m
Glooston is 11 miles south-west of Oakham
south-east
12m
Glooston is 12 miles south-east of Syston
north-west
13m
Glooston is 13 miles north-west of Kettering
south
15m
Glooston is 15 miles south of Melton Mowbray
north-east
15m
Glooston is 15 miles north-east of Lutterworth
north-west
16m
Glooston is 16 miles north-west of Burton Latimer

What are the nearest cities to Glooston?

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

south-east
11m
Glooston is 11 miles south-east of Leicester
west
27m
Glooston is 27 miles west of Peterborough
east
28m
Glooston is 28 miles east of Coventry
south
30m
Glooston is 30 miles south of Nottingham
south-east
35m
Glooston is 35 miles south-east of Derby
north
36m
Glooston is 36 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
40m
Glooston is 40 miles east of Lichfield
east
43m
Glooston is 43 miles east of Birmingham
north-west
49m
Glooston is 49 miles north-west of Cambridge
south
49m
Glooston is 49 miles south of Lincoln