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Where is Holywell?

Holywell is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, zero miles north-east of the town of Wotton-under-Edge, 16 miles south of the major city of Gloucester, 38 miles east of Cardiff, and 96 miles west of London. Holywell lies five miles north-west of the Wiltshire border. Holywell falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL12 postcode district. The post town for Holywell is Wotton-under-Edge.

Holywell on a map

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

Which county is Holywell in?

Holywell 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 Holywell in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Holywell within Gloucestershire
Location of Holywell within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Holywell?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Holywell is GL12 7NL.

Where is Holywell in GL12?

Holywell is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL12 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the GL12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Holywell within GL12
Location of Holywell within GL12

What is the post town for Holywell?

The post town for Holywell is Wotton-under-Edge. Holywell is in the GL12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wotton-under-Edge.

What is the latitude and longitude of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at position 51.64211° latitude and -2.34331° longitude.

Latitude51.64211°
Longitude-2.34331°

What is the easting and northing of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at the grid reference easting 376340 and northing 193757 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting376340
Northing193757

What are the nearest towns to Holywell?

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

north-east
0m
Holywell is 0 mile north-east of Wotton-under-Edge
south
3m
Holywell is 3 miles south of Dursley
south-west
6m
Holywell is 6 miles south-west of Nailsworth
north
8m
Holywell is 8 miles north of Chipping Sodbury
south
8m
Holywell is 8 miles south of Stonehouse
north-east
8m
Holywell is 8 miles north-east of Yate
west
8m
Holywell is 8 miles west of Tetbury
south-west
8m
Holywell is 8 miles south-west of Minchinhampton
east
8m
Holywell is 8 miles east of Thornbury
south-west
9m
Holywell is 9 miles south-west of Stroud

What are the nearest cities to Holywell?

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

south
16m
Holywell is 16 miles south of Gloucester
north-east
17m
Holywell is 17 miles north-east of Bristol
north
18m
Holywell is 18 miles north of Bath
east
28m
Holywell is 28 miles east of Newport
north-east
33m
Holywell is 33 miles north-east of Wells
south-east
33m
Holywell is 33 miles south-east of Hereford
east
38m
Holywell is 38 miles east of Cardiff
south
38m
Holywell is 38 miles south of Worcester
north-west
46m
Holywell is 46 miles north-west of Salisbury
west
47m
Holywell is 47 miles west of Oxford