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Where is Cottown?

Cottown is located in the county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, eight miles north-west of the town of Alford, 30 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 96 miles north of Edinburgh, 405 miles north of Cardiff, and 416 miles north of London. Cottown lies five miles south-east of the Banffshire border. Cottown falls within the unitary authority of Aberdeenshire. It is in the AB54 postcode district. The post town for Cottown is Huntly.

Cottown on a map

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

Which county is Cottown in?

Cottown is in the ceremonial county of Aberdeenshire, the historic county of Aberdeenshire, and the administrative county of Aberdeenshire.

Ceremonial CountyAberdeenshire
Historic CountyAberdeenshire
Administrative CountyAberdeenshire

Where is Cottown in Aberdeenshire?

Cottown is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Aberdeenshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Aberdeenshire.

Map showing location of Cottown within Aberdeenshire
Location of Cottown within Aberdeenshire

What is the postcode for Cottown?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Cottown is AB54 4LS.

Where is Cottown in AB54?

Cottown is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the AB54 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the AB54 postcode district.

Map showing location of Cottown within AB54
Location of Cottown within AB54

What is the post town for Cottown?

The post town for Cottown is Huntly. Cottown is in the AB54 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huntly.

What is the latitude and longitude of Cottown?

The centre of Cottown is located at position 57.32931° latitude and -2.8194° longitude.

Latitude57.32931°
Longitude-2.8194°

What is the easting and northing of Cottown?

The centre of Cottown is located at the grid reference easting 350762 and northing 826827 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting350762
Northing826827

What are the nearest towns to Cottown?

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

north-west
8m
Cottown is 8 miles north-west of Alford
south
8m
Cottown is 8 miles south of Huntly
south-east
14m
Cottown is 14 miles south-east of Dufftown
south
16m
Cottown is 16 miles south of Keith
west
17m
Cottown is 17 miles west of Inverurie
south-west
17m
Cottown is 17 miles south-west of Aberchirder
south-east
18m
Cottown is 18 miles south-east of Charlestown of Aberlour
west
19m
Cottown is 19 miles west of Oldmeldrum
west
19m
Cottown is 19 miles west of Kintore
south-west
20m
Cottown is 20 miles south-west of Turriff

What are the nearest cities to Cottown?

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

north-west
30m
Cottown is 30 miles north-west of Aberdeen
east
54m
Cottown is 54 miles east of Inverness
north
61m
Cottown is 61 miles north of Dundee
north
69m
Cottown is 69 miles north of Perth
north
90m
Cottown is 90 miles north of Dunfermline
north-east
94m
Cottown is 94 miles north-east of Stirling
north
96m
Cottown is 96 miles north of Edinburgh
north-east
115m
Cottown is 115 miles north-east of Glasgow
north
169m
Cottown is 169 miles north of Carlisle
north
169m
Cottown is 169 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne