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Where is Box?

Box is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, one mile west of the town of Minchinhampton, 11 miles south of the major city of Gloucester, 45 miles east of Cardiff, and 90 miles west of London. Box lies six miles north-west of the Wiltshire border. Box falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL6 postcode district. The post town for Box is Stroud.

Box on a map

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

Which county is Box in?

Box 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 Box in Gloucestershire?

Box 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 Box within Gloucestershire
Location of Box within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Box?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Box is GL6 9HE.

Where is Box in GL6?

Box is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the GL6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Box within GL6
Location of Box within GL6

What is the post town for Box?

The post town for Box is Stroud. Box is in the GL6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Stroud.

What is the latitude and longitude of Box?

The centre of Box is located at position 51.70085° latitude and -2.20418° longitude.

Latitude51.70085°
Longitude-2.20418°

What is the easting and northing of Box?

The centre of Box is located at the grid reference easting 385986 and northing 200254 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting385986
Northing200254

What are the nearest towns to Box?

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

west
1m
Box is 1 mile west of Minchinhampton
north-east
1m
Box is 1 mile north-east of Nailsworth
south
3m
Box is 3 miles south of Stroud
south-east
5m
Box is 5 miles south-east of Stonehouse
north-west
5m
Box is 5 miles north-west of Tetbury
south
6m
Box is 6 miles south of Painswick
east
7m
Box is 7 miles east of Dursley
north-east
8m
Box is 8 miles north-east of Wotton-under-Edge
north-west
9m
Box is 9 miles north-west of Malmesbury
west
10m
Box is 10 miles west of Cirencester

What are the nearest cities to Box?

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

south
11m
Box is 11 miles south of Gloucester
north
23m
Box is 23 miles north of Bath
north-east
24m
Box is 24 miles north-east of Bristol
south-east
33m
Box is 33 miles south-east of Hereford
south
34m
Box is 34 miles south of Worcester
east
35m
Box is 35 miles east of Newport
north-east
39m
Box is 39 miles north-east of Wells
west
41m
Box is 41 miles west of Oxford
east
45m
Box is 45 miles east of Cardiff
north
47m
Box is 47 miles north of Salisbury