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Where is Howley?

Howley is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, one mile north-west of the town of Wotton-under-Edge, 16 miles south of the major city of Gloucester, 36 miles east of Cardiff, and 97 miles west of London. Howley lies six miles north-west of the Wiltshire border. Howley falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL12 postcode district. The post town for Howley is Wotton-under-Edge.

Howley on a map

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

Which county is Howley in?

Howley 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 Howley in Gloucestershire?

Howley is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Gloucestershire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Howley within Gloucestershire
Location of Howley within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Howley?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Howley is GL12 7PL.

Where is Howley in GL12?

Howley is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL12 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Howley within GL12
Location of Howley within GL12

What is the post town for Howley?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Howley?

The centre of Howley is located at position 51.64802° latitude and -2.37646° longitude.

Latitude51.64802°
Longitude-2.37646°

What is the easting and northing of Howley?

The centre of Howley is located at the grid reference easting 374049 and northing 194425 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting374049
Northing194425

What are the nearest towns to Howley?

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

north-west
1m
Howley is 1 mile north-west of Wotton-under-Edge
south-west
3m
Howley is 3 miles south-west of Dursley
east
7m
Howley is 7 miles east of Thornbury
south-west
7m
Howley is 7 miles south-west of Nailsworth
north
8m
Howley is 8 miles north of Chipping Sodbury
north
8m
Howley is 8 miles north of Yate
south-west
8m
Howley is 8 miles south-west of Stonehouse
south-east
9m
Howley is 9 miles south-east of Lydney
south-west
9m
Howley is 9 miles south-west of Minchinhampton
west
9m
Howley is 9 miles west of Tetbury

What are the nearest cities to Howley?

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

south
16m
Howley is 16 miles south of Gloucester
north-east
17m
Howley is 17 miles north-east of Bristol
north
18m
Howley is 18 miles north of Bath
east
27m
Howley is 27 miles east of Newport
south-east
32m
Howley is 32 miles south-east of Hereford
north
33m
Howley is 33 miles north of Wells
east
36m
Howley is 36 miles east of Cardiff
south
38m
Howley is 38 miles south of Worcester
north-west
47m
Howley is 47 miles north-west of Salisbury
west
49m
Howley is 49 miles west of Oxford