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Where is Scotton?

Scotton is located in the county of Lincolnshire, East Midlands, three miles west of the town of Kirton in Lindsey, eight miles south of the major town of Scunthorpe, and 138 miles north of London. Scotton lies six miles north-east of the Nottinghamshire border. Scotton falls within the district council of West Lindsey, under the county council of Lincolnshire. It is in the DN21 postcode district. The post town for Scotton is Gainsborough.

Scotton on a map

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

Which county is Scotton in?

Scotton is in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, the historic county of Lincolnshire, and the administrative county of Lincolnshire.

Ceremonial CountyLincolnshire
Historic CountyLincolnshire
Administrative CountyLincolnshire

Where is Scotton in Lincolnshire?

Scotton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Lincolnshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Lincolnshire.

Map showing location of Scotton within Lincolnshire
Location of Scotton within Lincolnshire

What is the postcode for Scotton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scotton is DN21 3QP.

Where is Scotton in DN21?

Scotton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the DN21 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DN21 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scotton within DN21
Location of Scotton within DN21

What is the post town for Scotton?

The post town for Scotton is Gainsborough. Scotton is in the DN21 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Gainsborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scotton?

The centre of Scotton is located at position 53.48116° latitude and -0.66025° longitude.

Latitude53.48116°
Longitude-0.66025°

What is the easting and northing of Scotton?

The centre of Scotton is located at the grid reference easting 489006 and northing 399106 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting489006
Northing399106

What are the nearest towns to Scotton?

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

west
3m
Scotton is 3 miles west of Kirton in Lindsey
north-east
7m
Scotton is 7 miles north-east of Gainsborough
south-east
7m
Scotton is 7 miles south-east of Epworth
south
8m
Scotton is 8 miles south of Scunthorpe
south-west
9m
Scotton is 9 miles south-west of Brigg
south-east
11m
Scotton is 11 miles south-east of Crowle
south
12m
Scotton is 12 miles south of Winterton
north-west
15m
Scotton is 15 miles north-west of Market Rasen
south-east
15m
Scotton is 15 miles south-east of Thorne
east
15m
Scotton is 15 miles east of Bawtry

What are the nearest cities to Scotton?

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

north
18m
Scotton is 18 miles north of Lincoln
east
20m
Scotton is 20 miles east of Doncaster
south-west
23m
Scotton is 23 miles south-west of Kingston upon Hull
east
34m
Scotton is 34 miles east of Sheffield
east
37m
Scotton is 37 miles east of Wakefield
south-east
38m
Scotton is 38 miles south-east of York
north-east
42m
Scotton is 42 miles north-east of Nottingham
south-east
43m
Scotton is 43 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
50m
Scotton is 50 miles south-east of Bradford
north-east
51m
Scotton is 51 miles north-east of Derby