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Where is Barrow?

Barrow is located in the county of Rutland, East Midlands, four miles north-east of the town of Oakham, 20 miles east of the major city of Leicester, and 87 miles north of London. Barrow lies roughly one mile east of the Leicestershire border. Barrow falls within the unitary authority of Rutland. It is in the LE15 postcode district. The post town for Barrow is Oakham.

Barrow on a map

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

Which county is Barrow in?

Barrow is in the ceremonial county of Rutland, the historic county of Rutland, and the administrative county of Rutland.

Ceremonial CountyRutland
Historic CountyRutland
Administrative CountyRutland

Where is Barrow in Rutland?

Barrow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Rutland, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Rutland.

Map showing location of Barrow within Rutland
Location of Barrow within Rutland

What is the postcode for Barrow?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barrow is LE15 7PE.

Where is Barrow in LE15?

Barrow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LE15 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LE15 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barrow within LE15
Location of Barrow within LE15

What is the post town for Barrow?

The post town for Barrow is Oakham. Barrow is in the LE15 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Oakham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at position 52.72673° latitude and -0.68212° longitude.

Latitude52.72673°
Longitude-0.68212°

What is the easting and northing of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at the grid reference easting 489098 and northing 315157 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting489098
Northing315157

What are the nearest towns to Barrow?

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

north-east
4m
Barrow is 4 miles north-east of Oakham
east
9m
Barrow is 9 miles east of Melton Mowbray
north
10m
Barrow is 10 miles north of Uppingham
north-west
10m
Barrow is 10 miles north-west of Stamford
south
13m
Barrow is 13 miles south of Grantham
west
13m
Barrow is 13 miles west of Bourne
west
16m
Barrow is 16 miles west of Market Deeping
east
17m
Barrow is 17 miles east of Syston
north
17m
Barrow is 17 miles north of Corby
north-west
19m
Barrow is 19 miles north-west of Oundle

What are the nearest cities to Barrow?

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

east
20m
Barrow is 20 miles east of Leicester
north-west
21m
Barrow is 21 miles north-west of Peterborough
south-east
25m
Barrow is 25 miles south-east of Nottingham
south
36m
Barrow is 36 miles south of Lincoln
east
36m
Barrow is 36 miles east of Derby
north-east
41m
Barrow is 41 miles north-east of Coventry
north-west
46m
Barrow is 46 miles north-west of Ely
north
47m
Barrow is 47 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
48m
Barrow is 48 miles east of Lichfield
north-west
49m
Barrow is 49 miles north-west of Cambridge