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Where is Great Leighs?

Great Leighs is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, four miles south-west of the town of Braintree, six miles north of the major city of Chelmsford, and 35 miles north-east of London. Great Leighs falls within the district council of Chelmsford, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CM3 postcode district. The post town for Great Leighs is Chelmsford.

Great Leighs on a map

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

Which county is Great Leighs in?

Great Leighs is in the ceremonial county of Essex, the historic county of Essex, and the administrative county of Essex.

Ceremonial CountyEssex
Historic CountyEssex
Administrative CountyEssex

Where is Great Leighs in Essex?

Great Leighs is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Essex, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Essex.

Map showing location of Great Leighs within Essex
Location of Great Leighs within Essex

What is the postcode for Great Leighs?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Leighs is CM3 1NY.

Where is Great Leighs in CM3?

Great Leighs is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CM3 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CM3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Leighs within CM3
Location of Great Leighs within CM3

What is the post town for Great Leighs?

The post town for Great Leighs is Chelmsford. Great Leighs is in the CM3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chelmsford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Leighs?

The centre of Great Leighs is located at position 51.82674° latitude and 0.5056° longitude.

Latitude51.82674°
Longitude0.5056°

What is the easting and northing of Great Leighs?

The centre of Great Leighs is located at the grid reference easting 572763 and northing 217204 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting572763
Northing217204

What are the nearest towns to Great Leighs?

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

south-west
4m
Great Leighs is 4 miles south-west of Braintree
west
6m
Great Leighs is 6 miles west of Witham
south-east
7m
Great Leighs is 7 miles south-east of Great Dunmow
south-west
8m
Great Leighs is 8 miles south-west of Coggeshall
south-west
10m
Great Leighs is 10 miles south-west of Halstead
north-west
10m
Great Leighs is 10 miles north-west of Maldon
south-east
11m
Great Leighs is 11 miles south-east of Thaxted
north-west
14m
Great Leighs is 14 miles north-west of South Woodham Ferrers
north-east
14m
Great Leighs is 14 miles north-east of Chipping Ongar
east
14m
Great Leighs is 14 miles east of Stansted Mountfitchet

What are the nearest cities to Great Leighs?

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

north
6m
Great Leighs is 6 miles north of Chelmsford
west
17m
Great Leighs is 17 miles west of Colchester
north-west
22m
Great Leighs is 22 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
south-east
31m
Great Leighs is 31 miles south-east of Cambridge
north-east
34m
Great Leighs is 34 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
35m
Great Leighs is 35 miles north-east of London
north-east
35m
Great Leighs is 35 miles north-east of City of Westminster
east
37m
Great Leighs is 37 miles east of St Albans
south
41m
Great Leighs is 41 miles south of Ely
north-west
45m
Great Leighs is 45 miles north-west of Canterbury

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