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Where is Iron Acton?

Iron Acton is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, two miles west of the town of Yate, nine miles north-east of the major city of Bristol, 31 miles east of Cardiff, and 101 miles west of London. Iron Acton lies four miles north-east of the Bristol border. Iron Acton falls within the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire. It is in the BS37 postcode district. The post town for Iron Acton is Bristol.

Iron Acton on a map

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

Which county is Iron Acton in?

Iron Acton is in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, the historic county of Gloucestershire, and the administrative county of South Gloucestershire.

Ceremonial CountyGloucestershire
Historic CountyGloucestershire
Administrative CountySouth Gloucestershire

Where is Iron Acton in Gloucestershire?

Iron Acton is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Gloucestershire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Gloucestershire.

Map showing location of Iron Acton within Gloucestershire
Location of Iron Acton within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Iron Acton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Iron Acton is BS37 9UJ.

Where is Iron Acton in BS37?

Iron Acton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BS37 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the BS37 postcode district.

Map showing location of Iron Acton within BS37
Location of Iron Acton within BS37

What is the post town for Iron Acton?

The post town for Iron Acton is Bristol. Iron Acton is in the BS37 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bristol.

What is the latitude and longitude of Iron Acton?

The centre of Iron Acton is located at position 51.55017° latitude and -2.46594° longitude.

Latitude51.55017°
Longitude-2.46594°

What is the easting and northing of Iron Acton?

The centre of Iron Acton is located at the grid reference easting 367789 and northing 183579 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting367789
Northing183579

What are the nearest towns to Iron Acton?

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

west
2m
Iron Acton is 2 miles west of Yate
west
3m
Iron Acton is 3 miles west of Chipping Sodbury
east
4m
Iron Acton is 4 miles east of Bradley Stoke
south-east
5m
Iron Acton is 5 miles south-east of Thornbury
north-east
5m
Iron Acton is 5 miles north-east of Filton
south-west
8m
Iron Acton is 8 miles south-west of Wotton-under-Edge
north
9m
Iron Acton is 9 miles north of Keynsham
south-west
10m
Iron Acton is 10 miles south-west of Dursley
south-east
11m
Iron Acton is 11 miles south-east of Chepstow
south
12m
Iron Acton is 12 miles south of Lydney

What are the nearest cities to Iron Acton?

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

north-east
9m
Iron Acton is 9 miles north-east of Bristol
north
12m
Iron Acton is 12 miles north of Bath
east
23m
Iron Acton is 23 miles east of Newport
south-west
24m
Iron Acton is 24 miles south-west of Gloucester
north
25m
Iron Acton is 25 miles north of Wells
east
31m
Iron Acton is 31 miles east of Cardiff
south
37m
Iron Acton is 37 miles south of Hereford
north-west
44m
Iron Acton is 44 miles north-west of Salisbury
south
46m
Iron Acton is 46 miles south of Worcester
west
54m
Iron Acton is 54 miles west of Oxford

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