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Where is Northampton?

Northampton is located in the county of Worcestershire, West Midlands, four miles south-east of the town of Stourport-on-Severn, seven miles north of the major city of Worcester, 69 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 105 miles north-west of London. Northampton lies seven miles north-east of the Herefordshire border. Northampton falls within the district council of Wychavon, under the county council of Worcestershire. It is in the WR9 postcode district. The post town for Northampton is Droitwich.

Northampton on a map

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

Which county is Northampton in?

Northampton is in the ceremonial county of Worcestershire, the historic county of Worcestershire, and the administrative county of Worcestershire.

Ceremonial CountyWorcestershire
Historic CountyWorcestershire
Administrative CountyWorcestershire

Where is Northampton in Worcestershire?

Northampton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Worcestershire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Worcestershire.

Map showing location of Northampton within Worcestershire
Location of Northampton within Worcestershire

What is the postcode for Northampton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Northampton is WR9 0JX.

Where is Northampton in WR9?

Northampton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the WR9 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the WR9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Northampton within WR9
Location of Northampton within WR9

What is the post town for Northampton?

The post town for Northampton is Droitwich. Northampton is in the WR9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Droitwich.

What is the latitude and longitude of Northampton?

The centre of Northampton is located at position 52.28896° latitude and -2.2416° longitude.

Latitude52.28896°
Longitude-2.2416°

What is the easting and northing of Northampton?

The centre of Northampton is located at the grid reference easting 383617 and northing 265675 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting383617
Northing265675

What are the nearest towns to Northampton?

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

south-east
4m
Northampton is 4 miles south-east of Stourport-on-Severn
west
4m
Northampton is 4 miles west of Droitwich Spa
south-east
7m
Northampton is 7 miles south-east of Bewdley
south
7m
Northampton is 7 miles south of Kidderminster
west
8m
Northampton is 8 miles west of Bromsgrove
south-east
12m
Northampton is 12 miles south-east of Cleobury Mortimer
south
12m
Northampton is 12 miles south of Stourbridge
west
13m
Northampton is 13 miles west of Redditch
north
13m
Northampton is 13 miles north of Great Malvern
north-east
13m
Northampton is 13 miles north-east of Bromyard

What are the nearest cities to Northampton?

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

north
7m
Northampton is 7 miles north of Worcester
south-west
19m
Northampton is 19 miles south-west of Birmingham
south
21m
Northampton is 21 miles south of Wolverhampton
north-east
26m
Northampton is 26 miles north-east of Hereford
north
29m
Northampton is 29 miles north of Gloucester
west
32m
Northampton is 32 miles west of Coventry
south-west
32m
Northampton is 32 miles south-west of Lichfield
south
51m
Northampton is 51 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent
south-west
53m
Northampton is 53 miles south-west of Leicester
south-west
54m
Northampton is 54 miles south-west of Derby