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Where is New Town?

New Town is located in the county of Dorset, South West England, five miles north of the town of Wimborne Minster, ten miles north of the major town of Poole, 66 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 93 miles south-west of London. New Town lies seven miles south of the Wiltshire border. New Town falls within the unitary authority of Dorset. It is in the BH21 postcode district. The post town for New Town is Wimborne.

New Town on a map

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

Which county is New Town in?

New Town is in the ceremonial county of Dorset, the historic county of Dorset, and the administrative county of Dorset.

Ceremonial CountyDorset
Historic CountyDorset
Administrative CountyDorset

Where is New Town in Dorset?

New Town is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Dorset, and towards the easternmost extremity of Dorset.

Map showing location of New Town within Dorset
Location of New Town within Dorset

What is the postcode for New Town?

The nearest postcode to the centre of New Town is BH21 5AZ.

Where is New Town in BH21?

New Town is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BH21 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BH21 postcode district.

Map showing location of New Town within BH21
Location of New Town within BH21

What is the post town for New Town?

The post town for New Town is Wimborne. New Town is in the BH21 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wimborne.

What is the latitude and longitude of New Town?

The centre of New Town is located at position 50.86278° latitude and -2.01216° longitude.

Latitude50.86278°
Longitude-2.01216°

What is the easting and northing of New Town?

The centre of New Town is located at the grid reference easting 399241 and northing 107030 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting399241
Northing107030

What are the nearest towns to New Town?

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

north
5m
New Town is 5 miles north of Wimborne Minster
west
6m
New Town is 6 miles west of Verwood
east
7m
New Town is 7 miles east of Blandford Forum
north-west
7m
New Town is 7 miles north-west of Ferndown
west
10m
New Town is 10 miles west of Ringwood
north
10m
New Town is 10 miles north of Poole
south-west
11m
New Town is 11 miles south-west of Fordingbridge
north-west
11m
New Town is 11 miles north-west of Bournemouth
south-east
13m
New Town is 13 miles south-east of Shaftesbury
north
13m
New Town is 13 miles north of Wareham

What are the nearest cities to New Town?

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

south-west
17m
New Town is 17 miles south-west of Salisbury
west
27m
New Town is 27 miles west of Southampton
south-west
34m
New Town is 34 miles south-west of Winchester
south-east
37m
New Town is 37 miles south-east of Wells
south-east
39m
New Town is 39 miles south-east of Bath
west
41m
New Town is 41 miles west of Portsmouth
south-east
48m
New Town is 48 miles south-east of Bristol
west
54m
New Town is 54 miles west of Chichester
south-east
66m
New Town is 66 miles south-east of Newport
south-east
66m
New Town is 66 miles south-east of Cardiff