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Where is Leiston?

Leiston is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, four miles east of the town of Saxmundham, 21 miles north-east of the major town of Ipswich, and 87 miles north-east of London. Leiston falls within the district council of East Suffolk, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the IP16 postcode district. The post town for Leiston is Leiston.

Leiston on a map

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

Which county is Leiston in?

Leiston is in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, the historic county of Suffolk, and the administrative county of Suffolk.

Ceremonial CountySuffolk
Historic CountySuffolk
Administrative CountySuffolk

Where is Leiston in Suffolk?

Leiston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Suffolk, and towards the easternmost extremity of Suffolk.

Map showing location of Leiston within Suffolk
Location of Leiston within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Leiston?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Leiston is IP16 4EJ.

Where is Leiston in IP16?

Leiston is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the IP16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the IP16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Leiston within IP16
Location of Leiston within IP16

What is the post town for Leiston?

The post town for Leiston is Leiston. Leiston is in the IP16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leiston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Leiston?

The centre of Leiston is located at position 52.20792° latitude and 1.57657° longitude.

Latitude52.20792°
Longitude1.57657°

What is the easting and northing of Leiston?

The centre of Leiston is located at the grid reference easting 644459 and northing 262662 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting644459
Northing262662

What are the nearest towns to Leiston?

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

east
4m
Leiston is 4 miles east of Saxmundham
north
4m
Leiston is 4 miles north of Aldeburgh
south-west
9m
Leiston is 9 miles south-west of Southwold
south
10m
Leiston is 10 miles south of Halesworth
north-east
10m
Leiston is 10 miles north-east of Wickham Market
east
10m
Leiston is 10 miles east of Framlingham
north-east
14m
Leiston is 14 miles north-east of Woodbridge
south
17m
Leiston is 17 miles south of Beccles
north-east
17m
Leiston is 17 miles north-east of Kesgrave
south-east
18m
Leiston is 18 miles south-east of Harleston

What are the nearest cities to Leiston?

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

south-east
31m
Leiston is 31 miles south-east of Norwich
north-east
36m
Leiston is 36 miles north-east of Colchester
east
57m
Leiston is 57 miles east of Ely
north-east
57m
Leiston is 57 miles north-east of Chelmsford
north-east
59m
Leiston is 59 miles north-east of Southend-on-Sea
east
62m
Leiston is 62 miles east of Cambridge
north
68m
Leiston is 68 miles north of Canterbury
east
81m
Leiston is 81 miles east of Peterborough
north-east
86m
Leiston is 86 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
88m
Leiston is 88 miles north-east of London

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