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Where is Great Stretton?

Great Stretton is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, five miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 84 miles north-west of London. Great Stretton falls within the district council of Harborough, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE2 postcode district. The post town for Great Stretton is Leicester.

Great Stretton on a map

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

Which county is Great Stretton in?

Great Stretton is in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, the historic county of Leicestershire, and the administrative county of Leicestershire.

Ceremonial CountyLeicestershire
Historic CountyLeicestershire
Administrative CountyLeicestershire

Where is Great Stretton in Leicestershire?

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

Map showing location of Great Stretton within Leicestershire
Location of Great Stretton within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Great Stretton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Stretton is LE2 2FR.

Where is Great Stretton in LE2?

Great Stretton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LE2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LE2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Stretton within LE2
Location of Great Stretton within LE2

What is the post town for Great Stretton?

The post town for Great Stretton is Leicester. Great Stretton is in the LE2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leicester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Stretton?

The centre of Great Stretton is located at position 52.59863° latitude and -1.02993° longitude.

Latitude52.59863°
Longitude-1.02993°

What is the easting and northing of Great Stretton?

The centre of Great Stretton is located at the grid reference easting 465802 and northing 300535 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting465802
Northing300535

What are the nearest towns to Great Stretton?

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

south
7m
Great Stretton is 7 miles south of Syston
north-west
9m
Great Stretton is 9 miles north-west of Market Harborough
east
12m
Great Stretton is 12 miles east of Earl Shilton
north-east
12m
Great Stretton is 12 miles north-east of Lutterworth
west
13m
Great Stretton is 13 miles west of Uppingham
south-west
13m
Great Stretton is 13 miles south-west of Melton Mowbray
west
14m
Great Stretton is 14 miles west of Oakham
north-west
14m
Great Stretton is 14 miles north-west of Desborough
south-east
14m
Great Stretton is 14 miles south-east of Loughborough
east
15m
Great Stretton is 15 miles east of Hinckley

What are the nearest cities to Great Stretton?

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

south-east
5m
Great Stretton is 5 miles south-east of Leicester
north-east
24m
Great Stretton is 24 miles north-east of Coventry
south
25m
Great Stretton is 25 miles south of Nottingham
south-east
29m
Great Stretton is 29 miles south-east of Derby
west
33m
Great Stretton is 33 miles west of Peterborough
east
34m
Great Stretton is 34 miles east of Lichfield
east
38m
Great Stretton is 38 miles east of Birmingham
north
40m
Great Stretton is 40 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
46m
Great Stretton is 46 miles east of Wolverhampton
south-west
49m
Great Stretton is 49 miles south-west of Lincoln