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Where is Highnam?

Highnam is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, three miles north-west of the major city of Gloucester, 47 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 97 miles west of London. Highnam lies six miles south-east of the Herefordshire border. Highnam falls within the district council of Tewkesbury, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL2 postcode district. The post town for Highnam is Gloucester.

Highnam on a map

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

Which county is Highnam in?

Highnam 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 Highnam in Gloucestershire?

Highnam is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Gloucestershire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Highnam within Gloucestershire
Location of Highnam within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Highnam?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Highnam is GL2 8DQ.

Where is Highnam in GL2?

Highnam is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Highnam within GL2
Location of Highnam within GL2

What is the post town for Highnam?

The post town for Highnam is Gloucester. Highnam is in the GL2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Gloucester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Highnam?

The centre of Highnam is located at position 51.87919° latitude and -2.30149° longitude.

Latitude51.87919°
Longitude-2.30149°

What is the easting and northing of Highnam?

The centre of Highnam is located at the grid reference easting 379343 and northing 220113 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting379343
Northing220113

What are the nearest towns to Highnam?

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

south-east
6m
Highnam is 6 miles south-east of Newent
north-west
8m
Highnam is 8 miles north-west of Painswick
east
8m
Highnam is 8 miles east of Mitcheldean
north
9m
Highnam is 9 miles north of Stonehouse
north-east
9m
Highnam is 9 miles north-east of Cinderford
west
10m
Highnam is 10 miles west of Cheltenham
north
10m
Highnam is 10 miles north of Stroud
south-west
10m
Highnam is 10 miles south-west of Tewkesbury
south-east
12m
Highnam is 12 miles south-east of Ledbury
east
12m
Highnam is 12 miles east of Ross-on-Wye

What are the nearest cities to Highnam?

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

north-west
3m
Highnam is 3 miles north-west of Gloucester
south-east
22m
Highnam is 22 miles south-east of Hereford
south
22m
Highnam is 22 miles south of Worcester
north-east
32m
Highnam is 32 miles north-east of Bristol
north
34m
Highnam is 34 miles north of Bath
north-east
36m
Highnam is 36 miles north-east of Newport
south
45m
Highnam is 45 miles south of Birmingham
west
46m
Highnam is 46 miles west of Oxford
north-east
47m
Highnam is 47 miles north-east of Cardiff
north
49m
Highnam is 49 miles north of Wells

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