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Where is Thornby?

Thornby is located in the county of Northamptonshire, East Midlands, eight miles south-west of the town of Market Harborough, 11 miles north-west of the major town of Northampton, and 70 miles north-west of London. Thornby lies four miles south of the Leicestershire border. Thornby falls within the unitary authority of West Northamptonshire. It is in the NN6 postcode district. The post town for Thornby is Northampton.

Thornby on a map

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

Which county is Thornby in?

Thornby is in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, the historic county of Northamptonshire, and the administrative county of West Northamptonshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorthamptonshire
Historic CountyNorthamptonshire
Administrative CountyWest Northamptonshire

Where is Thornby in Northamptonshire?

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

Map showing location of Thornby within Northamptonshire
Location of Thornby within Northamptonshire

What is the postcode for Thornby?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Thornby is NN6 8SN.

Where is Thornby in NN6?

Thornby is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the NN6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the NN6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Thornby within NN6
Location of Thornby within NN6

What is the post town for Thornby?

The post town for Thornby is Northampton. Thornby is in the NN6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Northampton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Thornby?

The centre of Thornby is located at position 52.37377° latitude and -1.01608° longitude.

Latitude52.37377°
Longitude-1.01608°

What is the easting and northing of Thornby?

The centre of Thornby is located at the grid reference easting 467081 and northing 275536 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting467081
Northing275536

What are the nearest towns to Thornby?

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

south-west
8m
Thornby is 8 miles south-west of Market Harborough
south-west
9m
Thornby is 9 miles south-west of Desborough
south-east
10m
Thornby is 10 miles south-east of Lutterworth
north-east
10m
Thornby is 10 miles north-east of Daventry
east
10m
Thornby is 10 miles east of Rugby
north-west
11m
Thornby is 11 miles north-west of Northampton
west
12m
Thornby is 12 miles west of Kettering
west
14m
Thornby is 14 miles west of Burton Latimer
west
15m
Thornby is 15 miles west of Wellingborough
south-west
15m
Thornby is 15 miles south-west of Corby

What are the nearest cities to Thornby?

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

south
19m
Thornby is 19 miles south of Leicester
east
21m
Thornby is 21 miles east of Coventry
north-west
25m
Thornby is 25 miles north-west of Milton Keynes
south-west
35m
Thornby is 35 miles south-west of Peterborough
east
38m
Thornby is 38 miles east of Birmingham
south-east
40m
Thornby is 40 miles south-east of Lichfield
south
41m
Thornby is 41 miles south of Nottingham
south-east
43m
Thornby is 43 miles south-east of Derby
north
44m
Thornby is 44 miles north of Oxford
east
49m
Thornby is 49 miles east of Wolverhampton

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