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Where is Brightons?

Brightons is located in the county of Stirling and Falkirk, Scotland, three miles south of the town of Grangemouth, 22 miles east of the major city of Glasgow, 21 miles west of Edinburgh, 312 miles north of Cardiff, and 342 miles north-west of London. Brightons lies three miles north-west of the West Lothian border, and was historically in the county of Stirlingshire. Brightons falls within the unitary authority of Falkirk. It is in the FK2 postcode district. The post town for Brightons is Falkirk.

Brightons on a map

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

Which county is Brightons in?

Brightons is in the ceremonial county of Stirling and Falkirk, the historic county of Stirlingshire, and the administrative county of Falkirk.

Ceremonial CountyStirling and Falkirk
Historic CountyStirlingshire
Administrative CountyFalkirk

Where is Brightons in Stirling and Falkirk?

Brightons is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Stirling and Falkirk, and towards the easternmost extremity of Stirling and Falkirk.

Map showing location of Brightons within Stirling and Falkirk
Location of Brightons within Stirling and Falkirk

What is the postcode for Brightons?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Brightons is FK2 0JT.

Where is Brightons in FK2?

Brightons is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the FK2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the FK2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Brightons within FK2
Location of Brightons within FK2

What is the post town for Brightons?

The post town for Brightons is Falkirk. Brightons is in the FK2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Falkirk.

What is the latitude and longitude of Brightons?

The centre of Brightons is located at position 55.98194° latitude and -3.71794° longitude.

Latitude55.98194°
Longitude-3.71794°

What is the easting and northing of Brightons?

The centre of Brightons is located at the grid reference easting 292907 and northing 677884 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting292907
Northing677884

What are the nearest towns to Brightons?

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

south
3m
Brightons is 3 miles south of Grangemouth
south-east
3m
Brightons is 3 miles south-east of Falkirk
west
5m
Brightons is 5 miles west of Linlithgow
south-west
5m
Brightons is 5 miles south-west of Bo'ness
north
6m
Brightons is 6 miles north of Armadale
south-west
6m
Brightons is 6 miles south-west of Culross
north-west
6m
Brightons is 6 miles north-west of Bathgate
south-east
8m
Brightons is 8 miles south-east of Denny
north
8m
Brightons is 8 miles north of Whitburn
north-west
9m
Brightons is 9 miles north-west of Blackburn

What are the nearest cities to Brightons?

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

south-west
12m
Brightons is 12 miles south-west of Dunfermline
south-east
12m
Brightons is 12 miles south-east of Stirling
west
21m
Brightons is 21 miles west of Edinburgh
east
22m
Brightons is 22 miles east of Glasgow
south
31m
Brightons is 31 miles south of Perth
south-west
44m
Brightons is 44 miles south-west of Dundee
north
81m
Brightons is 81 miles north of Carlisle
south-west
102m
Brightons is 102 miles south-west of Aberdeen
south
105m
Brightons is 105 miles south of Inverness
north-west
108m
Brightons is 108 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne

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