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Where is Woodchester?

Woodchester is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles north of the town of Nailsworth, ten miles south of the major city of Gloucester, 44 miles east of Cardiff, and 92 miles west of London. Woodchester lies eight miles north-west of the Wiltshire border. Woodchester falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL5 postcode district. The post town for Woodchester is Stroud.

Woodchester on a map

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

Which county is Woodchester in?

Woodchester 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 Woodchester in Gloucestershire?

Woodchester is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Gloucestershire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Woodchester within Gloucestershire
Location of Woodchester within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Woodchester?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Woodchester is GL5 5EL.

Where is Woodchester in GL5?

Woodchester is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the GL5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the GL5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Woodchester within GL5
Location of Woodchester within GL5

What is the post town for Woodchester?

The post town for Woodchester is Stroud. Woodchester is in the GL5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stroud.

What is the latitude and longitude of Woodchester?

The centre of Woodchester is located at position 51.71787° latitude and -2.23416° longitude.

Latitude51.71787°
Longitude-2.23416°

What is the easting and northing of Woodchester?

The centre of Woodchester is located at the grid reference easting 383920 and northing 202154 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting383920
Northing202154

What are the nearest towns to Woodchester?

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

north
2m
Woodchester is 2 miles north of Nailsworth
south
2m
Woodchester is 2 miles south of Stroud
north-west
2m
Woodchester is 2 miles north-west of Minchinhampton
south-east
3m
Woodchester is 3 miles south-east of Stonehouse
south
5m
Woodchester is 5 miles south of Painswick
north-east
6m
Woodchester is 6 miles north-east of Dursley
north-west
6m
Woodchester is 6 miles north-west of Tetbury
north-east
7m
Woodchester is 7 miles north-east of Wotton-under-Edge
north-west
11m
Woodchester is 11 miles north-west of Malmesbury
west
11m
Woodchester is 11 miles west of Cirencester

What are the nearest cities to Woodchester?

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

south
10m
Woodchester is 10 miles south of Gloucester
north
24m
Woodchester is 24 miles north of Bath
north-east
24m
Woodchester is 24 miles north-east of Bristol
south-east
31m
Woodchester is 31 miles south-east of Hereford
south
33m
Woodchester is 33 miles south of Worcester
east
34m
Woodchester is 34 miles east of Newport
north-east
39m
Woodchester is 39 miles north-east of Wells
west
42m
Woodchester is 42 miles west of Oxford
east
44m
Woodchester is 44 miles east of Cardiff
north-west
49m
Woodchester is 49 miles north-west of Salisbury

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