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Where is Welwyn Garden City?

Welwyn Garden City is located in the county of Hertfordshire, Eastern England, three miles north of the town of Hatfield, seven miles north-east of the major city of St Albans, and 20 miles north of London. Welwyn Garden City lies seven miles south-east of the Bedfordshire border. Welwyn Garden City falls within the district council of Welwyn Hatfield, under the county council of Hertfordshire. It is in the AL8 postcode district. The post town for Welwyn Garden City is Welwyn Garden City.

Welwyn Garden City on a map

Map showing extent of Welwyn Garden City as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Welwyn Garden City
Map showing location of Welwyn Garden City within the UK
Location of Welwyn Garden City within the UK

Which county is Welwyn Garden City in?

Welwyn Garden City is in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, the historic county of Hertfordshire, and the administrative county of Hertfordshire.

Ceremonial CountyHertfordshire
Historic CountyHertfordshire
Administrative CountyHertfordshire

Where is Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire?

Welwyn Garden City is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Hertfordshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Hertfordshire.

Map showing location of Welwyn Garden City within Hertfordshire
Location of Welwyn Garden City within Hertfordshire

What is the postcode for Welwyn Garden City?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Welwyn Garden City is AL8 6TS.

Where is Welwyn Garden City in AL8?

Welwyn Garden City is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the AL8 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the AL8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Welwyn Garden City within AL8
Location of Welwyn Garden City within AL8

What is the post town for Welwyn Garden City?

The post town for Welwyn Garden City is Welwyn Garden City. Welwyn Garden City is in the AL8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Welwyn Garden City.

What is the latitude and longitude of Welwyn Garden City?

The centre of Welwyn Garden City is located at position 51.80379° latitude and -0.20651° longitude.

Latitude51.80379°
Longitude-0.20651°

What is the easting and northing of Welwyn Garden City?

The centre of Welwyn Garden City is located at the grid reference easting 523757 and northing 213205 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting523757
Northing213205

What are the nearest towns to Welwyn Garden City?

Position of Welwyn Garden City relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Welwyn Garden City to the centre of the town.

north
3m
Welwyn Garden City is 3 miles north of Hatfield
west
6m
Welwyn Garden City is 6 miles west of Hertford
east
7m
Welwyn Garden City is 7 miles east of Harpenden
south
7m
Welwyn Garden City is 7 miles south of Stevenage
west
7m
Welwyn Garden City is 7 miles west of Ware
north
8m
Welwyn Garden City is 8 miles north of Potters Bar
west
9m
Welwyn Garden City is 9 miles west of Hoddesdon
north-east
10m
Welwyn Garden City is 10 miles north-east of Radlett
north-west
10m
Welwyn Garden City is 10 miles north-west of Cheshunt
north
10m
Welwyn Garden City is 10 miles north of Borehamwood

What are the nearest cities to Welwyn Garden City?

Position of Welwyn Garden City relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Welwyn Garden City to the centre of the city.

north-east
7m
Welwyn Garden City is 7 miles north-east of St Albans
north
21m
Welwyn Garden City is 21 miles north of City of London
north
21m
Welwyn Garden City is 21 miles north of London
north
21m
Welwyn Garden City is 21 miles north of City of Westminster
south-east
29m
Welwyn Garden City is 29 miles south-east of Milton Keynes
west
30m
Welwyn Garden City is 30 miles west of Chelmsford
south-west
31m
Welwyn Garden City is 31 miles south-west of Cambridge
north-west
43m
Welwyn Garden City is 43 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
east
45m
Welwyn Garden City is 45 miles east of Oxford
south-west
46m
Welwyn Garden City is 46 miles south-west of Ely

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