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Where is Mercaston?

Mercaston is located in the county of Derbyshire, East Midlands, six miles south-east of the town of Ashbourne, seven miles north-west of the major city of Derby, and 119 miles north-west of London. Mercaston falls within the district council of Derbyshire Dales, under the county council of Derbyshire. It is in the DE6 postcode district. The post town for Mercaston is Ashbourne.

Mercaston on a map

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

Which county is Mercaston in?

Mercaston is in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire, the historic county of Derbyshire, and the administrative county of Derbyshire.

Ceremonial CountyDerbyshire
Historic CountyDerbyshire
Administrative CountyDerbyshire

Where is Mercaston in Derbyshire?

Mercaston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Derbyshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Derbyshire.

Map showing location of Mercaston within Derbyshire
Location of Mercaston within Derbyshire

What is the postcode for Mercaston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Mercaston is DE6 3HD.

Where is Mercaston in DE6?

Mercaston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DE6 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DE6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Mercaston within DE6
Location of Mercaston within DE6

What is the post town for Mercaston?

The post town for Mercaston is Ashbourne. Mercaston is in the DE6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ashbourne.

What is the latitude and longitude of Mercaston?

The centre of Mercaston is located at position 52.98458° latitude and -1.60444° longitude.

Latitude52.98458°
Longitude-1.60444°

What is the easting and northing of Mercaston?

The centre of Mercaston is located at the grid reference easting 426654 and northing 343099 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting426654
Northing343099

What are the nearest towns to Mercaston?

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

south-east
6m
Mercaston is 6 miles south-east of Ashbourne
south-west
6m
Mercaston is 6 miles south-west of Belper
south
7m
Mercaston is 7 miles south of Wirksworth
south-west
9m
Mercaston is 9 miles south-west of Ripley
west
11m
Mercaston is 11 miles west of Heanor
south
11m
Mercaston is 11 miles south of Matlock
south-west
12m
Mercaston is 12 miles south-west of Alfreton
south
12m
Mercaston is 12 miles south of Darley Dale
west
12m
Mercaston is 12 miles west of Ilkeston
north
12m
Mercaston is 12 miles north of Burton upon Trent

What are the nearest cities to Mercaston?

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

north-west
7m
Mercaston is 7 miles north-west of Derby
west
19m
Mercaston is 19 miles west of Nottingham
north-east
23m
Mercaston is 23 miles north-east of Lichfield
east
24m
Mercaston is 24 miles east of Stoke-on-Trent
south
28m
Mercaston is 28 miles south of Sheffield
north-west
31m
Mercaston is 31 miles north-west of Leicester
north-east
35m
Mercaston is 35 miles north-east of Wolverhampton
north
37m
Mercaston is 37 miles north of Birmingham
north
40m
Mercaston is 40 miles north of Coventry
south-west
42m
Mercaston is 42 miles south-west of Doncaster