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Where is Rockingham?

Rockingham is located in the county of Northamptonshire, East Midlands, two miles north-west of the town of Corby, 19 miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 74 miles north of London. Rockingham lies just south-east of the Leicestershire border. Rockingham falls within the unitary authority of North Northamptonshire. It is in the LE16 postcode district. The post town for Rockingham is Market Harborough.

Rockingham on a map

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

Which county is Rockingham in?

Rockingham is in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, the historic county of Northamptonshire, and the administrative county of North Northamptonshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorthamptonshire
Historic CountyNorthamptonshire
Administrative CountyNorth Northamptonshire

Where is Rockingham in Northamptonshire?

Rockingham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Northamptonshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Northamptonshire.

Map showing location of Rockingham within Northamptonshire
Location of Rockingham within Northamptonshire

What is the postcode for Rockingham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Rockingham is LE16 8TF.

Where is Rockingham in LE16?

Rockingham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LE16 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LE16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Rockingham within LE16
Location of Rockingham within LE16

What is the post town for Rockingham?

The post town for Rockingham is Market Harborough. Rockingham is in the LE16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Market Harborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Rockingham?

The centre of Rockingham is located at position 52.51863° latitude and -0.7239° longitude.

Latitude52.51863°
Longitude-0.7239°

What is the easting and northing of Rockingham?

The centre of Rockingham is located at the grid reference easting 486687 and northing 291960 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting486687
Northing291960

What are the nearest towns to Rockingham?

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

north-west
2m
Rockingham is 2 miles north-west of Corby
south
5m
Rockingham is 5 miles south of Uppingham
north-east
7m
Rockingham is 7 miles north-east of Desborough
north
8m
Rockingham is 8 miles north of Kettering
east
9m
Rockingham is 9 miles east of Market Harborough
south
10m
Rockingham is 10 miles south of Oakham
north
11m
Rockingham is 11 miles north of Burton Latimer
west
11m
Rockingham is 11 miles west of Oundle
north-west
12m
Rockingham is 12 miles north-west of Thrapston
south-west
14m
Rockingham is 14 miles south-west of Stamford

What are the nearest cities to Rockingham?

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

south-east
19m
Rockingham is 19 miles south-east of Leicester
west
21m
Rockingham is 21 miles west of Peterborough
north
33m
Rockingham is 33 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
34m
Rockingham is 34 miles east of Coventry
south-east
35m
Rockingham is 35 miles south-east of Nottingham
north-west
42m
Rockingham is 42 miles north-west of Cambridge
south-east
42m
Rockingham is 42 miles south-east of Derby
west
42m
Rockingham is 42 miles west of Ely
east
48m
Rockingham is 48 miles east of Lichfield
east
50m
Rockingham is 50 miles east of Birmingham