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Where is Sling?

Sling is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles south of the town of Coleford, 17 miles south-west of the major city of Gloucester, 32 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 108 miles west of London. Sling lies three miles east of the Gwent border. Sling falls within the district council of Forest of Dean, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL16 postcode district. The post town for Sling is Coleford.

Sling on a map

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

Which county is Sling in?

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

Ceremonial CountyGloucestershire
Historic CountyGloucestershire
Administrative CountyGloucestershire

Where is Sling in Gloucestershire?

Sling is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Gloucestershire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Sling within Gloucestershire
Location of Sling within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Sling?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sling is GL16 8JL.

Where is Sling in GL16?

Sling is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the GL16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sling within GL16
Location of Sling within GL16

What is the post town for Sling?

The post town for Sling is Coleford. Sling is in the GL16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Coleford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sling?

The centre of Sling is located at position 51.7682° latitude and -2.60508° longitude.

Latitude51.7682°
Longitude-2.60508°

What is the easting and northing of Sling?

The centre of Sling is located at the grid reference easting 358342 and northing 207898 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting358342
Northing207898

What are the nearest towns to Sling?

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

south
2m
Sling is 2 miles south of Coleford
north-west
4m
Sling is 4 miles north-west of Lydney
south-east
6m
Sling is 6 miles south-east of Monmouth
south-west
6m
Sling is 6 miles south-west of Cinderford
south-west
8m
Sling is 8 miles south-west of Mitcheldean
north
9m
Sling is 9 miles north of Chepstow
south
10m
Sling is 10 miles south of Ross-on-Wye
north
11m
Sling is 11 miles north of Thornbury
north-west
12m
Sling is 12 miles north-west of Dursley
east
14m
Sling is 14 miles east of Usk

What are the nearest cities to Sling?

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

south-west
17m
Sling is 17 miles south-west of Gloucester
south
20m
Sling is 20 miles south of Hereford
north-east
21m
Sling is 21 miles north-east of Newport
north
22m
Sling is 22 miles north of Bristol
north
29m
Sling is 29 miles north of Bath
north-east
32m
Sling is 32 miles north-east of Cardiff
south-west
34m
Sling is 34 miles south-west of Worcester
north
39m
Sling is 39 miles north of Wells
south-west
58m
Sling is 58 miles south-west of Birmingham
west
58m
Sling is 58 miles west of Oxford