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Where is Hastings?

Hastings is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, three miles west of the town of Ilminster, 28 miles south of the major town of Weston-Super-Mare, 38 miles south of Cardiff, and 130 miles west of London. Hastings lies four miles east of the Devon border. Hastings falls within the unitary authority of Somerset. It is in the TA19 postcode district. The post town for Hastings is Ilminster.

Hastings on a map

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

Which county is Hastings in?

Hastings 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 Hastings in Somerset?

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

Map showing location of Hastings within Somerset
Location of Hastings within Somerset

What is the postcode for Hastings?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Hastings is TA19 9LR.

Where is Hastings in TA19?

Hastings is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the TA19 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the TA19 postcode district.

Map showing location of Hastings within TA19
Location of Hastings within TA19

What is the post town for Hastings?

The post town for Hastings is Ilminster. Hastings is in the TA19 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ilminster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Hastings?

The centre of Hastings is located at position 50.94252° latitude and -2.97907° longitude.

Latitude50.94252°
Longitude-2.97907°

What is the easting and northing of Hastings?

The centre of Hastings is located at the grid reference easting 331309 and northing 116355 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting331309
Northing116355

What are the nearest towns to Hastings?

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

west
3m
Hastings is 3 miles west of Ilminster
north
5m
Hastings is 5 miles north of Chard
west
7m
Hastings is 7 miles west of South Petherton
south-east
7m
Hastings is 7 miles south-east of Taunton
north-west
9m
Hastings is 9 miles north-west of Crewkerne
south-west
9m
Hastings is 9 miles south-west of Langport
south
10m
Hastings is 10 miles south of North Petherton
north
11m
Hastings is 11 miles north of Axminster
east
11m
Hastings is 11 miles east of Wellington
south
13m
Hastings is 13 miles south of Bridgwater

What are the nearest cities to Hastings?

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

south-west
23m
Hastings is 23 miles south-west of Wells
north-east
29m
Hastings is 29 miles north-east of Exeter
south
38m
Hastings is 38 miles south of Cardiff
south-west
39m
Hastings is 39 miles south-west of Bristol
south-west
41m
Hastings is 41 miles south-west of Bath
south
45m
Hastings is 45 miles south of Newport
west
52m
Hastings is 52 miles west of Salisbury
south-east
63m
Hastings is 63 miles south-east of Swansea
north-east
65m
Hastings is 65 miles north-east of Plymouth
west
69m
Hastings is 69 miles west of Southampton