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Where is Hints?

Hints is located in the county of Staffordshire, West Midlands, three miles west of the town of Fazeley, five miles north-east of the major town of Sutton Coldfield, 99 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 104 miles north-west of London. Hints lies two miles north-east of the West Midlands border. Hints falls within the district council of Lichfield, under the county council of Staffordshire. It is in the B78 postcode district. The post town for Hints is Tamworth.

Hints on a map

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

Which county is Hints in?

Hints is in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, the historic county of Staffordshire, and the administrative county of Staffordshire.

Ceremonial CountyStaffordshire
Historic CountyStaffordshire
Administrative CountyStaffordshire

Where is Hints in Staffordshire?

Hints is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Staffordshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Staffordshire.

Map showing location of Hints within Staffordshire
Location of Hints within Staffordshire

What is the postcode for Hints?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Hints is B78 3DF.

Where is Hints in B78?

Hints is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the B78 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the B78 postcode district.

Map showing location of Hints within B78
Location of Hints within B78

What is the post town for Hints?

The post town for Hints is Tamworth. Hints is in the B78 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Tamworth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Hints?

The centre of Hints is located at position 52.62737° latitude and -1.76721° longitude.

Latitude52.62737°
Longitude-1.76721°

What is the easting and northing of Hints?

The centre of Hints is located at the grid reference easting 415854 and northing 303315 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting415854
Northing303315

What are the nearest towns to Hints?

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

west
3m
Hints is 3 miles west of Fazeley
west
3m
Hints is 3 miles west of Tamworth
north-east
5m
Hints is 5 miles north-east of Royal Sutton Coldfield
east
6m
Hints is 6 miles east of Aldridge
south-east
7m
Hints is 7 miles south-east of Burntwood
east
7m
Hints is 7 miles east of Brownhills
north
9m
Hints is 9 miles north of Coleshill
east
9m
Hints is 9 miles east of Walsall
west
10m
Hints is 10 miles west of Atherstone
east
10m
Hints is 10 miles east of Bloxwich

What are the nearest cities to Hints?

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

south-east
5m
Hints is 5 miles south-east of Lichfield
north-east
12m
Hints is 12 miles north-east of Birmingham
east
16m
Hints is 16 miles east of Wolverhampton
north-west
19m
Hints is 19 miles north-west of Coventry
south-west
24m
Hints is 24 miles south-west of Derby
west
27m
Hints is 27 miles west of Leicester
south-east
32m
Hints is 32 miles south-east of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
34m
Hints is 34 miles south-west of Nottingham
north-east
36m
Hints is 36 miles north-east of Worcester
south
54m
Hints is 54 miles south of Sheffield