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Where is Holywell?

Holywell is located in the county of Herefordshire, West Midlands, eight miles west of the city of Hereford, 31 miles west of the major city of Worcester, 42 miles north of Cardiff, and 125 miles west of London. Holywell lies nine miles north of the Gwent border. Holywell falls within the unitary authority of County of Herefordshire. It is in the HR2 postcode district. The post town for Holywell is Hereford.

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 Herefordshire, the historic county of Herefordshire, and the administrative county of County of Herefordshire.

Ceremonial CountyHerefordshire
Historic CountyHerefordshire
Administrative CountyCounty of Herefordshire

Where is Holywell in Herefordshire?

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

Map showing location of Holywell within Herefordshire
Location of Holywell within Herefordshire

What is the postcode for Holywell?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Holywell is HR2 9JY.

Where is Holywell in HR2?

Holywell is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the HR2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HR2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Holywell within HR2
Location of Holywell within HR2

What is the post town for Holywell?

The post town for Holywell is Hereford. Holywell is in the HR2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Hereford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at position 52.06659° latitude and -2.91566° longitude.

Latitude52.06659°
Longitude-2.91566°

What is the easting and northing of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at the grid reference easting 337329 and northing 241309 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting337329
Northing241309

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.

east
9m
Holywell is 9 miles east of Hay-on-Wye
south-east
11m
Holywell is 11 miles south-east of Kington
south-west
13m
Holywell is 13 miles south-west of Leominster
east
14m
Holywell is 14 miles east of Talgarth
south
15m
Holywell is 15 miles south of Presteigne
north-east
17m
Holywell is 17 miles north-east of Crickhowell
north
17m
Holywell is 17 miles north of Abergavenny
north-west
18m
Holywell is 18 miles north-west of Ross-on-Wye
south-west
19m
Holywell is 19 miles south-west of Bromyard
north-west
20m
Holywell is 20 miles north-west of Monmouth

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.

west
8m
Holywell is 8 miles west of Hereford
west
31m
Holywell is 31 miles west of Worcester
north-west
32m
Holywell is 32 miles north-west of Gloucester
north
33m
Holywell is 33 miles north of Newport
north
42m
Holywell is 42 miles north of Cardiff
north
45m
Holywell is 45 miles north of Bristol
south-west
49m
Holywell is 49 miles south-west of Wolverhampton
south-west
52m
Holywell is 52 miles south-west of Birmingham
north-west
53m
Holywell is 53 miles north-west of Bath
north-east
54m
Holywell is 54 miles north-east of Swansea