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Where is Painscastle?

Painscastle is located in the county of Powys, Wales, five miles north-west of the town of Hay-on-Wye, 37 miles north of the major city of Newport, 43 miles north of Cardiff, and 138 miles west of London. Painscastle lies three miles west of the Herefordshire border, and was historically in the county of Radnorshire. Painscastle falls within the unitary authority of Powys - Powys. It is in the LD2 postcode district. The post town for Painscastle is Builth Wells.

Painscastle on a map

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

Which county is Painscastle in?

Painscastle is in the ceremonial county of Powys, the historic county of Radnorshire, and the administrative county of Powys - Powys.

Ceremonial CountyPowys
Historic CountyRadnorshire
Administrative CountyPowys - Powys

Where is Painscastle in Powys?

Painscastle is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Powys, and towards the easternmost extremity of Powys.

Map showing location of Painscastle within Powys
Location of Painscastle within Powys

What is the postcode for Painscastle?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Painscastle is LD2 3JL.

Where is Painscastle in LD2?

Painscastle is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LD2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LD2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Painscastle within LD2
Location of Painscastle within LD2

What is the post town for Painscastle?

The post town for Painscastle is Builth Wells. Painscastle is in the LD2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Builth Wells.

What is the latitude and longitude of Painscastle?

The centre of Painscastle is located at position 52.10863° latitude and -3.21746° longitude.

Latitude52.10863°
Longitude-3.21746°

What is the easting and northing of Painscastle?

The centre of Painscastle is located at the grid reference easting 316719 and northing 246288 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting316719
Northing246288

What are the nearest towns to Painscastle?

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

north-west
5m
Painscastle is 5 miles north-west of Hay-on-Wye
north
8m
Painscastle is 8 miles north of Talgarth
east
8m
Painscastle is 8 miles east of Builth Wells
south-west
10m
Painscastle is 10 miles south-west of Kington
south-east
11m
Painscastle is 11 miles south-east of Llandrindod Wells
north-east
13m
Painscastle is 13 miles north-east of Brecon
south-west
14m
Painscastle is 14 miles south-west of Presteigne
north
18m
Painscastle is 18 miles north of Crickhowell
south-west
18m
Painscastle is 18 miles south-west of Knighton
east
18m
Painscastle is 18 miles east of Llanwrtyd Wells

What are the nearest cities to Painscastle?

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

west
22m
Painscastle is 22 miles west of Hereford
north
37m
Painscastle is 37 miles north of Newport
west
43m
Painscastle is 43 miles west of Worcester
north
43m
Painscastle is 43 miles north of Cardiff
north-west
45m
Painscastle is 45 miles north-west of Gloucester
north-east
46m
Painscastle is 46 miles north-east of Swansea
north-west
52m
Painscastle is 52 miles north-west of Bristol
south-west
57m
Painscastle is 57 miles south-west of Wolverhampton
south-west
61m
Painscastle is 61 miles south-west of Birmingham
north-west
62m
Painscastle is 62 miles north-west of Bath