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Where is Holywell?

Holywell is located in the county of Lincolnshire, East Midlands, six miles north of the town of Stamford, 16 miles north-west of the major city of Peterborough, and 86 miles north of London. Holywell lies just north-east of the Rutland border. Holywell falls within the district council of South Kesteven, under the county council of Lincolnshire. It is in the PE9 postcode district. The post town for Holywell is Stamford.

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 Lincolnshire, the historic county of Lincolnshire, and the administrative county of Lincolnshire.

Ceremonial CountyLincolnshire
Historic CountyLincolnshire
Administrative CountyLincolnshire

Where is Holywell in Lincolnshire?

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

Map showing location of Holywell within Lincolnshire
Location of Holywell within Lincolnshire

Where is Holywell in PE9?

Holywell is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the PE9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PE9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Holywell within PE9
Location of Holywell within PE9

What is the post town for Holywell?

The post town for Holywell is Stamford. Holywell is in the PE9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stamford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at position 52.73145° latitude and -0.5125° longitude.

Latitude52.73145°
Longitude-0.5125°

What is the easting and northing of Holywell?

The centre of Holywell is located at the grid reference easting 500542 and northing 315905 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting500542
Northing315905

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
6m
Holywell is 6 miles north of Stamford
south-west
6m
Holywell is 6 miles south-west of Bourne
north-west
9m
Holywell is 9 miles north-west of Market Deeping
north-east
10m
Holywell is 10 miles north-east of Oakham
north-east
13m
Holywell is 13 miles north-east of Uppingham
south-east
14m
Holywell is 14 miles south-east of Grantham
west
15m
Holywell is 15 miles west of Crowland
west
16m
Holywell is 16 miles west of Spalding
east
16m
Holywell is 16 miles east of Melton Mowbray
north
17m
Holywell is 17 miles north of Oundle

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.

north-west
16m
Holywell is 16 miles north-west of Peterborough
east
27m
Holywell is 27 miles east of Leicester
south-east
31m
Holywell is 31 miles south-east of Nottingham
south
35m
Holywell is 35 miles south of Lincoln
north-west
40m
Holywell is 40 miles north-west of Ely
east
43m
Holywell is 43 miles east of Derby
north-west
45m
Holywell is 45 miles north-west of Cambridge
north-east
47m
Holywell is 47 miles north-east of Coventry
north
49m
Holywell is 49 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
55m
Holywell is 55 miles east of Lichfield