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Where is Longcross?

Longcross is located in the county of Devon, South West England, four miles north-west of the town of Tavistock, 16 miles north of the major city of Plymouth, 76 miles south-west of Cardiff, and 189 miles west of London. Longcross lies three miles north-east of the Cornwall border. Longcross falls within the district council of West Devon, under the county council of Devon. It is in the PL19 postcode district. The post town for Longcross is Tavistock.

Longcross on a map

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

Which county is Longcross in?

Longcross is in the ceremonial county of Devon, the historic county of Devon, and the administrative county of Devon.

Ceremonial CountyDevon
Historic CountyDevon
Administrative CountyDevon

Where is Longcross in Devon?

Longcross is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Devon, and towards the westernmost extremity of Devon.

Map showing location of Longcross within Devon
Location of Longcross within Devon

What is the postcode for Longcross?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Longcross is PL19 0PY.

Where is Longcross in PL19?

Longcross is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the PL19 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PL19 postcode district.

Map showing location of Longcross within PL19
Location of Longcross within PL19

What is the post town for Longcross?

The post town for Longcross is Tavistock. Longcross is in the PL19 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Tavistock.

What is the latitude and longitude of Longcross?

The centre of Longcross is located at position 50.59263° latitude and -4.21119° longitude.

Latitude50.59263°
Longitude-4.21119°

What is the easting and northing of Longcross?

The centre of Longcross is located at the grid reference easting 243586 and northing 79323 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting243586
Northing79323

What are the nearest towns to Longcross?

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

north-west
4m
Longcross is 4 miles north-west of Tavistock
south-east
7m
Longcross is 7 miles south-east of Launceston
north-east
8m
Longcross is 8 miles north-east of Callington
north
13m
Longcross is 13 miles north of Saltash
south-west
14m
Longcross is 14 miles south-west of Okehampton
north-east
15m
Longcross is 15 miles north-east of Liskeard
north
15m
Longcross is 15 miles north of Torpoint
south
16m
Longcross is 16 miles south of Holsworthy
west
17m
Longcross is 17 miles west of Chagford
north-west
17m
Longcross is 17 miles north-west of Sherford

What are the nearest cities to Longcross?

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

north
16m
Longcross is 16 miles north of Plymouth
west
31m
Longcross is 31 miles west of Exeter
north-east
44m
Longcross is 44 miles north-east of Truro
south
72m
Longcross is 72 miles south of Swansea
south-west
76m
Longcross is 76 miles south-west of Cardiff
south-west
81m
Longcross is 81 miles south-west of Wells
south-west
87m
Longcross is 87 miles south-west of Newport
south-west
92m
Longcross is 92 miles south-west of Bristol
south-west
98m
Longcross is 98 miles south-west of Bath
south-east
100m
Longcross is 100 miles south-east of St Davids