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Where is Longtown?

Longtown is located in the county of Herefordshire, West Midlands, nine miles north-east of the town of Crickhowell, 25 miles north of the major city of Newport, 34 miles north of Cardiff, and 126 miles west of London. Longtown lies roughly one mile north of the Gwent border. Longtown falls within the unitary authority of County of Herefordshire. It is in the HR2 postcode district. The post town for Longtown is Hereford.

Longtown on a map

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

Which county is Longtown in?

Longtown 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 Longtown in Herefordshire?

Longtown is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Herefordshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Herefordshire.

Map showing location of Longtown within Herefordshire
Location of Longtown within Herefordshire

What is the postcode for Longtown?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Longtown is HR2 0LD.

Where is Longtown in HR2?

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

Map showing location of Longtown within HR2
Location of Longtown within HR2

What is the post town for Longtown?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Longtown?

The centre of Longtown is located at position 51.9549° latitude and -2.9874° longitude.

Latitude51.9549°
Longitude-2.9874°

What is the easting and northing of Longtown?

The centre of Longtown is located at the grid reference easting 332242 and northing 228950 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting332242
Northing228950

What are the nearest towns to Longtown?

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

north-east
9m
Longtown is 9 miles north-east of Crickhowell
north
9m
Longtown is 9 miles north of Abergavenny
south-east
10m
Longtown is 10 miles south-east of Hay-on-Wye
east
11m
Longtown is 11 miles east of Talgarth
north
13m
Longtown is 13 miles north of Blaenavon
north-east
13m
Longtown is 13 miles north-east of Brynmawr
north-east
14m
Longtown is 14 miles north-east of Nantyglo
north-east
15m
Longtown is 15 miles north-east of Blaina
north-east
15m
Longtown is 15 miles north-east of Ebbw Vale
north-west
15m
Longtown is 15 miles north-west of Monmouth

What are the nearest cities to Longtown?

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

south-west
13m
Longtown is 13 miles south-west of Hereford
north
25m
Longtown is 25 miles north of Newport
west
32m
Longtown is 32 miles west of Gloucester
north
34m
Longtown is 34 miles north of Cardiff
south-west
37m
Longtown is 37 miles south-west of Worcester
north-west
38m
Longtown is 38 miles north-west of Bristol
north-east
47m
Longtown is 47 miles north-east of Swansea
north-west
48m
Longtown is 48 miles north-west of Bath
north
54m
Longtown is 54 miles north of Wells
south-west
57m
Longtown is 57 miles south-west of Wolverhampton