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Where is Tonge?

Tonge is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, four miles north-west of the town of Shepshed, nine miles south-east of the major city of Derby, and 104 miles north-west of London. Tonge lies roughly one mile south-east of the Derbyshire border. Tonge falls within the district council of North West Leicestershire, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the DE73 postcode district. The post town for Tonge is Derby.

Tonge on a map

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

Which county is Tonge in?

Tonge is in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, the historic county of Leicestershire, and the administrative county of Leicestershire.

Ceremonial CountyLeicestershire
Historic CountyLeicestershire
Administrative CountyLeicestershire

Where is Tonge in Leicestershire?

Tonge is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Leicestershire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Leicestershire.

Map showing location of Tonge within Leicestershire
Location of Tonge within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Tonge?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Tonge is DE73 8HG.

Where is Tonge in DE73?

Tonge is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the DE73 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DE73 postcode district.

Map showing location of Tonge within DE73
Location of Tonge within DE73

What is the post town for Tonge?

The post town for Tonge is Derby. Tonge is in the DE73 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Derby.

What is the latitude and longitude of Tonge?

The centre of Tonge is located at position 52.80524° latitude and -1.3803° longitude.

Latitude52.80524°
Longitude-1.3803°

What is the easting and northing of Tonge?

The centre of Tonge is located at the grid reference easting 441873 and northing 323256 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting441873
Northing323256

What are the nearest towns to Tonge?

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

north-west
4m
Tonge is 4 miles north-west of Shepshed
north-east
6m
Tonge is 6 miles north-east of Ashby-de-la-Zouch
north
6m
Tonge is 6 miles north of Coalville
west
8m
Tonge is 8 miles west of Loughborough
east
8m
Tonge is 8 miles east of Swadlincote
south-west
8m
Tonge is 8 miles south-west of Long Eaton
north
8m
Tonge is 8 miles north of Ibstock
south-west
9m
Tonge is 9 miles south-west of Sandiacre
south-west
10m
Tonge is 10 miles south-west of Stapleford
south-west
11m
Tonge is 11 miles south-west of Beeston

What are the nearest cities to Tonge?

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

south-east
9m
Tonge is 9 miles south-east of Derby
south-west
14m
Tonge is 14 miles south-west of Nottingham
north-west
16m
Tonge is 16 miles north-west of Leicester
north-east
21m
Tonge is 21 miles north-east of Lichfield
north
28m
Tonge is 28 miles north of Coventry
north-east
31m
Tonge is 31 miles north-east of Birmingham
north-east
35m
Tonge is 35 miles north-east of Wolverhampton
south-east
36m
Tonge is 36 miles south-east of Stoke-on-Trent
south
40m
Tonge is 40 miles south of Sheffield
south-west
46m
Tonge is 46 miles south-west of Lincoln