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Where is Houndscroft?

Houndscroft is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles north-west of the town of Minchinhampton, ten miles south of the major city of Gloucester, 45 miles east of Cardiff, and 91 miles west of London. Houndscroft lies seven miles north-west of the Wiltshire border. Houndscroft falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL5 postcode district. The post town for Houndscroft is Stroud.

Houndscroft on a map

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

Which county is Houndscroft in?

Houndscroft 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 Houndscroft in Gloucestershire?

Houndscroft 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 Houndscroft within Gloucestershire
Location of Houndscroft within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Houndscroft?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Houndscroft is GL5 5DA.

Where is Houndscroft in GL5?

Houndscroft is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the GL5 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Houndscroft within GL5
Location of Houndscroft within GL5

What is the post town for Houndscroft?

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

What is the latitude and longitude of Houndscroft?

The centre of Houndscroft is located at position 51.7214° latitude and -2.21234° longitude.

Latitude51.7214°
Longitude-2.21234°

What is the easting and northing of Houndscroft?

The centre of Houndscroft is located at the grid reference easting 385429 and northing 202541 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting385429
Northing202541

What are the nearest towns to Houndscroft?

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

north-west
2m
Houndscroft is 2 miles north-west of Minchinhampton
south
2m
Houndscroft is 2 miles south of Stroud
north
2m
Houndscroft is 2 miles north of Nailsworth
south-east
3m
Houndscroft is 3 miles south-east of Stonehouse
south
5m
Houndscroft is 5 miles south of Painswick
north
6m
Houndscroft is 6 miles north of Tetbury
north-east
7m
Houndscroft is 7 miles north-east of Dursley
north-east
8m
Houndscroft is 8 miles north-east of Wotton-under-Edge
west
10m
Houndscroft is 10 miles west of Cirencester
north-west
11m
Houndscroft is 11 miles north-west of Malmesbury

What are the nearest cities to Houndscroft?

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

south
10m
Houndscroft is 10 miles south of Gloucester
north
24m
Houndscroft is 24 miles north of Bath
north-east
25m
Houndscroft is 25 miles north-east of Bristol
south-east
32m
Houndscroft is 32 miles south-east of Hereford
south
33m
Houndscroft is 33 miles south of Worcester
east
35m
Houndscroft is 35 miles east of Newport
north-east
40m
Houndscroft is 40 miles north-east of Wells
west
41m
Houndscroft is 41 miles west of Oxford
east
45m
Houndscroft is 45 miles east of Cardiff
north
48m
Houndscroft is 48 miles north of Salisbury