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Where is Laughton?

Laughton is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, five miles west of the town of Market Harborough, 11 miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 78 miles north-west of London. Laughton lies two miles north-west of the Northamptonshire border. Laughton falls within the district council of Harborough, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE17 postcode district. The post town for Laughton is Lutterworth.

Laughton on a map

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

Which county is Laughton in?

Laughton 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 Laughton in Leicestershire?

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

Map showing location of Laughton within Leicestershire
Location of Laughton within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Laughton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Laughton is LE17 6QF.

Where is Laughton in LE17?

Laughton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LE17 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the LE17 postcode district.

Map showing location of Laughton within LE17
Location of Laughton within LE17

What is the post town for Laughton?

The post town for Laughton is Lutterworth. Laughton is in the LE17 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lutterworth.

What is the latitude and longitude of Laughton?

The centre of Laughton is located at position 52.49493° latitude and -1.02965° longitude.

Latitude52.49493°
Longitude-1.02965°

What is the easting and northing of Laughton?

The centre of Laughton is located at the grid reference easting 465976 and northing 289000 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting465976
Northing289000

What are the nearest towns to Laughton?

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

west
5m
Laughton is 5 miles west of Market Harborough
east
8m
Laughton is 8 miles east of Lutterworth
west
10m
Laughton is 10 miles west of Desborough
north-east
13m
Laughton is 13 miles north-east of Rugby
south-east
13m
Laughton is 13 miles south-east of Earl Shilton
west
14m
Laughton is 14 miles west of Corby
south
14m
Laughton is 14 miles south of Syston
north-west
14m
Laughton is 14 miles north-west of Kettering
south-west
14m
Laughton is 14 miles south-west of Uppingham
east
15m
Laughton is 15 miles east of Hinckley

What are the nearest cities to Laughton?

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

south-east
11m
Laughton is 11 miles south-east of Leicester
east
21m
Laughton is 21 miles east of Coventry
south
32m
Laughton is 32 miles south of Nottingham
north
33m
Laughton is 33 miles north of Milton Keynes
west
34m
Laughton is 34 miles west of Peterborough
south-east
35m
Laughton is 35 miles south-east of Derby
east
36m
Laughton is 36 miles east of Lichfield
east
37m
Laughton is 37 miles east of Birmingham
east
47m
Laughton is 47 miles east of Wolverhampton
north
52m
Laughton is 52 miles north of Oxford