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Where is Lightwood?

Lightwood is located in the county of Shropshire, West Midlands, three miles south of the town of Market Drayton, 13 miles north of the major town of Telford, 100 miles north of Cardiff, and 136 miles north-west of London. Lightwood lies roughly one mile west of the Staffordshire border. Lightwood falls within the unitary authority of Shropshire. It is in the TF9 postcode district. The post town for Lightwood is Market Drayton.

Lightwood on a map

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

Which county is Lightwood in?

Lightwood is in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, the historic county of Shropshire, and the administrative county of Shropshire.

Ceremonial CountyShropshire
Historic CountyShropshire
Administrative CountyShropshire

Where is Lightwood in Shropshire?

Lightwood is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Shropshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Shropshire.

Map showing location of Lightwood within Shropshire
Location of Lightwood within Shropshire

What is the postcode for Lightwood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Lightwood is TF9 2LR.

Where is Lightwood in TF9?

Lightwood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the TF9 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the TF9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Lightwood within TF9
Location of Lightwood within TF9

What is the post town for Lightwood?

The post town for Lightwood is Market Drayton. Lightwood is in the TF9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Market Drayton.

What is the latitude and longitude of Lightwood?

The centre of Lightwood is located at position 52.85939° latitude and -2.45335° longitude.

Latitude52.85939°
Longitude-2.45335°

What is the easting and northing of Lightwood?

The centre of Lightwood is located at the grid reference easting 369573 and northing 329196 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting369573
Northing329196

What are the nearest towns to Lightwood?

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

south
3m
Lightwood is 3 miles south of Market Drayton
north-west
7m
Lightwood is 7 miles north-west of Newport
west
8m
Lightwood is 8 miles west of Eccleshall
south-west
11m
Lightwood is 11 miles south-west of Madeley
east
11m
Lightwood is 11 miles east of Wem
south-east
12m
Lightwood is 12 miles south-east of Whitchurch
north
13m
Lightwood is 13 miles north of Telford
west
13m
Lightwood is 13 miles west of Stone
south-west
14m
Lightwood is 14 miles south-west of Newcastle-under-Lyme
west
15m
Lightwood is 15 miles west of Stafford

What are the nearest cities to Lightwood?

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

south-west
16m
Lightwood is 16 miles south-west of Stoke-on-Trent
north-west
23m
Lightwood is 23 miles north-west of Wolverhampton
south-east
26m
Lightwood is 26 miles south-east of Wrexham
north-west
29m
Lightwood is 29 miles north-west of Lichfield
south-east
29m
Lightwood is 29 miles south-east of Chester
north-west
35m
Lightwood is 35 miles north-west of Birmingham
west
41m
Lightwood is 41 miles west of Derby
south
43m
Lightwood is 43 miles south of Salford
south
44m
Lightwood is 44 miles south of Manchester
south-east
44m
Lightwood is 44 miles south-east of Liverpool