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Where is Lightwood?

Lightwood is located in the county of Derbyshire, East Midlands, three miles north-east of the town of Dronfield, four miles south-east of the major city of Sheffield, and 137 miles north-west of London. Lightwood lies just south of the South Yorkshire border. Lightwood falls within the district council of North East Derbyshire, under the county council of Derbyshire. It is in the S8 postcode district. The post town for Lightwood is Sheffield.

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 Derbyshire, the historic county of Derbyshire, and the administrative county of Derbyshire.

Ceremonial CountyDerbyshire
Historic CountyDerbyshire
Administrative CountyDerbyshire

Where is Lightwood in Derbyshire?

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

Map showing location of Lightwood within Derbyshire
Location of Lightwood within Derbyshire

What is the postcode for Lightwood?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Lightwood is S8 8BG.

Where is Lightwood in S8?

Lightwood is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the S8 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the S8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Lightwood within S8
Location of Lightwood within S8

What is the post town for Lightwood?

The post town for Lightwood is Sheffield. Lightwood is in the S8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Sheffield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Lightwood?

The centre of Lightwood is located at position 53.33301° latitude and -1.43311° longitude.

Latitude53.33301°
Longitude-1.43311°

What is the easting and northing of Lightwood?

The centre of Lightwood is located at the grid reference easting 437849 and northing 381938 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting437849
Northing381938

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.

north-east
3m
Lightwood is 3 miles north-east of Dronfield
north-west
6m
Lightwood is 6 miles north-west of Staveley
north
7m
Lightwood is 7 miles north of Chesterfield
south-west
7m
Lightwood is 7 miles south-west of Rotherham
north-west
9m
Lightwood is 9 miles north-west of Bolsover
west
10m
Lightwood is 10 miles west of Dinnington
south
10m
Lightwood is 10 miles south of Rawmarsh
south-west
11m
Lightwood is 11 miles south-west of Maltby
north
12m
Lightwood is 12 miles north of Clay Cross
south
12m
Lightwood is 12 miles south of Wath upon Dearne

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-east
4m
Lightwood is 4 miles south-east of Sheffield
south-west
18m
Lightwood is 18 miles south-west of Doncaster
south
24m
Lightwood is 24 miles south of Wakefield
north
28m
Lightwood is 28 miles north of Derby
north-west
29m
Lightwood is 29 miles north-west of Nottingham
south
33m
Lightwood is 33 miles south of Leeds
south-east
34m
Lightwood is 34 miles south-east of Bradford
east
35m
Lightwood is 35 miles east of Manchester
east
37m
Lightwood is 37 miles east of Salford
north-east
38m
Lightwood is 38 miles north-east of Stoke-on-Trent