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Where is Shortwood?

Shortwood is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, five miles south-west of the town of Yate, six miles east of the major city of Bristol, 30 miles east of Cardiff, and 101 miles west of London. Shortwood lies two miles east of the Bristol border. Shortwood falls within the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. It is in the BS16 postcode district. The post town for Shortwood is Bristol.

Shortwood on a map

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

Which county is Shortwood in?

Shortwood is in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, the historic county of Gloucestershire, and the administrative county of South Gloucestershire.

Ceremonial CountyGloucestershire
Historic CountyGloucestershire
Administrative CountySouth Gloucestershire

Where is Shortwood in Gloucestershire?

Shortwood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Gloucestershire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Shortwood within Gloucestershire
Location of Shortwood within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Shortwood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Shortwood is BS16 9NG.

Where is Shortwood in BS16?

Shortwood is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the BS16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BS16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Shortwood within BS16
Location of Shortwood within BS16

What is the post town for Shortwood?

The post town for Shortwood is Bristol. Shortwood is in the BS16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bristol.

What is the latitude and longitude of Shortwood?

The centre of Shortwood is located at position 51.482° latitude and -2.47173° longitude.

Latitude51.482°
Longitude-2.47173°

What is the easting and northing of Shortwood?

The centre of Shortwood is located at the grid reference easting 367339 and northing 175999 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting367339
Northing175999

What are the nearest towns to Shortwood?

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

south-west
5m
Shortwood is 5 miles south-west of Yate
north
5m
Shortwood is 5 miles north of Keynsham
south-east
5m
Shortwood is 5 miles south-east of Filton
south-east
5m
Shortwood is 5 miles south-east of Bradley Stoke
south-west
5m
Shortwood is 5 miles south-west of Chipping Sodbury
south
9m
Shortwood is 9 miles south of Thornbury
south-west
12m
Shortwood is 12 miles south-west of Wotton-under-Edge
east
13m
Shortwood is 13 miles east of Portishead
east
13m
Shortwood is 13 miles east of Nailsea
west
13m
Shortwood is 13 miles west of Corsham

What are the nearest cities to Shortwood?

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

east
6m
Shortwood is 6 miles east of Bristol
north-west
8m
Shortwood is 8 miles north-west of Bath
north
20m
Shortwood is 20 miles north of Wells
east
24m
Shortwood is 24 miles east of Newport
south
28m
Shortwood is 28 miles south of Gloucester
east
30m
Shortwood is 30 miles east of Cardiff
north-west
41m
Shortwood is 41 miles north-west of Salisbury
south
41m
Shortwood is 41 miles south of Hereford
south
50m
Shortwood is 50 miles south of Worcester
west
55m
Shortwood is 55 miles west of Oxford