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Where is Cheddar?

Cheddar is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, two miles south-east of the town of Axbridge, ten miles south-east of the major town of Weston-Super-Mare, 22 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 116 miles west of London. Cheddar falls within the unitary authority of Somerset. It is in the BS27 postcode district. The post town for Cheddar is Cheddar.

Cheddar on a map

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

Which county is Cheddar in?

Cheddar is in the ceremonial county of Somerset, the historic county of Somerset, and the administrative county of Somerset.

Ceremonial CountySomerset
Historic CountySomerset
Administrative CountySomerset

Where is Cheddar in Somerset?

Cheddar is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Somerset, and towards the easternmost extremity of Somerset.

Map showing location of Cheddar within Somerset
Location of Cheddar within Somerset

What is the postcode for Cheddar?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cheddar is BS27 3NB.

Where is Cheddar in BS27?

Cheddar is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BS27 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BS27 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cheddar within BS27
Location of Cheddar within BS27

What is the post town for Cheddar?

The post town for Cheddar is Cheddar. Cheddar is in the BS27 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cheddar.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cheddar?

The centre of Cheddar is located at position 51.27544° latitude and -2.77659° longitude.

Latitude51.27544°
Longitude-2.77659°

What is the easting and northing of Cheddar?

The centre of Cheddar is located at the grid reference easting 345926 and northing 153208 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting345926
Northing153208

What are the nearest towns to Cheddar?

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

south-east
2m
Cheddar is 2 miles south-east of Axbridge
north
9m
Cheddar is 9 miles north of Glastonbury
east
10m
Cheddar is 10 miles east of Burnham-on-Sea
south-east
10m
Cheddar is 10 miles south-east of Weston-super-Mare
north
10m
Cheddar is 10 miles north of Street
south
11m
Cheddar is 11 miles south of Nailsea
north-west
12m
Cheddar is 12 miles north-west of Shepton Mallet
south
12m
Cheddar is 12 miles south of Clevedon
west
13m
Cheddar is 13 miles west of Midsomer Norton
north-east
14m
Cheddar is 14 miles north-east of Bridgwater

What are the nearest cities to Cheddar?

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

north-west
7m
Cheddar is 7 miles north-west of Wells
south-west
14m
Cheddar is 14 miles south-west of Bristol
west
20m
Cheddar is 20 miles west of Bath
south-east
22m
Cheddar is 22 miles south-east of Cardiff
south-east
24m
Cheddar is 24 miles south-east of Newport
west
45m
Cheddar is 45 miles west of Salisbury
south-west
47m
Cheddar is 47 miles south-west of Gloucester
north-east
50m
Cheddar is 50 miles north-east of Exeter
south
54m
Cheddar is 54 miles south of Hereford
south-east
56m
Cheddar is 56 miles south-east of Swansea

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