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Where is Leek?

Leek is located in the county of Staffordshire, West Midlands, six miles east of the town of Biddulph, nine miles north-east of the major city of Stoke-on-Trent, 123 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 136 miles north-west of London. Leek lies five miles east of the Cheshire border. Leek falls within the district council of Staffordshire Moorlands, under the county council of Staffordshire. It is in the ST13 postcode district. The post town for Leek is Leek.

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

Which county is Leek in?

Leek 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 Leek in Staffordshire?

Leek is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Staffordshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Staffordshire.

Map showing location of Leek within Staffordshire
Location of Leek within Staffordshire

What is the postcode for Leek?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Leek is ST13 6JL.

Where is Leek in ST13?

Leek is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ST13 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the ST13 postcode district.

Map showing location of Leek within ST13
Location of Leek within ST13

What is the post town for Leek?

The post town for Leek is Leek. Leek is in the ST13 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leek.

What is the latitude and longitude of Leek?

The centre of Leek is located at position 53.10569° latitude and -2.02144° longitude.

Latitude53.10569°
Longitude-2.02144°

What is the easting and northing of Leek?

The centre of Leek is located at the grid reference easting 398662 and northing 356499 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting398662
Northing356499

What are the nearest towns to Leek?

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

east
6m
Leek is 6 miles east of Biddulph
north
8m
Leek is 8 miles north of Cheadle
south-east
9m
Leek is 9 miles south-east of Congleton
east
9m
Leek is 9 miles east of Kidsgrove
north-east
11m
Leek is 11 miles north-east of Newcastle-under-Lyme
south-west
11m
Leek is 11 miles south-west of Buxton
south
12m
Leek is 12 miles south of Macclesfield
east
12m
Leek is 12 miles east of Alsager
north-west
14m
Leek is 14 miles north-west of Ashbourne
south
14m
Leek is 14 miles south of Bollington

What are the nearest cities to Leek?

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

north-east
9m
Leek is 9 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent
north-west
26m
Leek is 26 miles north-west of Derby
south
27m
Leek is 27 miles south of Manchester
south-east
28m
Leek is 28 miles south-east of Salford
south-west
30m
Leek is 30 miles south-west of Sheffield
north
30m
Leek is 30 miles north of Lichfield
north
36m
Leek is 36 miles north of Wolverhampton
east
37m
Leek is 37 miles east of Chester
west
38m
Leek is 38 miles west of Nottingham
east
41m
Leek is 41 miles east of Wrexham

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