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Where is Newtown?

Newtown is located in the county of Devon, South West England, four miles north of the town of South Molton, 29 miles north-west of the major city of Exeter, 41 miles south-west of Cardiff, and 165 miles west of London. Newtown lies four miles west of the Somerset border. Newtown falls within the district council of North Devon, under the county council of Devon. It is in the EX32 postcode district. The post town for Newtown is Barnstaple.

Newtown on a map

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

Which county is Newtown in?

Newtown 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 Newtown in Devon?

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

Map showing location of Newtown within Devon
Location of Newtown within Devon

What is the postcode for Newtown?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Newtown is EX32 7QB.

Where is Newtown in EX32?

Newtown is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the EX32 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the EX32 postcode district.

Map showing location of Newtown within EX32
Location of Newtown within EX32

What is the post town for Newtown?

The post town for Newtown is Barnstaple. Newtown is in the EX32 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnstaple.

What is the latitude and longitude of Newtown?

The centre of Newtown is located at position 51.07694° latitude and -3.86715° longitude.

Latitude51.07694°
Longitude-3.86715°

What is the easting and northing of Newtown?

The centre of Newtown is located at the grid reference easting 269297 and northing 132505 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting269297
Northing132505

What are the nearest towns to Newtown?

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

north
4m
Newtown is 4 miles north of South Molton
east
8m
Newtown is 8 miles east of Barnstaple
south
11m
Newtown is 11 miles south of Lynton
west
14m
Newtown is 14 miles west of Dulverton
south-east
14m
Newtown is 14 miles south-east of Ilfracombe
north-east
15m
Newtown is 15 miles north-east of Great Torrington
east
15m
Newtown is 15 miles east of Bideford
east
15m
Newtown is 15 miles east of Northam
south-west
19m
Newtown is 19 miles south-west of Minehead
north
19m
Newtown is 19 miles north of North Tawton

What are the nearest cities to Newtown?

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

north-west
29m
Newtown is 29 miles north-west of Exeter
south
38m
Newtown is 38 miles south of Swansea
south-west
41m
Newtown is 41 miles south-west of Cardiff
north
50m
Newtown is 50 miles north of Plymouth
south-west
52m
Newtown is 52 miles south-west of Newport
west
54m
Newtown is 54 miles west of Wells
south-west
61m
Newtown is 61 miles south-west of Bristol
west
69m
Newtown is 69 miles west of Bath
north-east
77m
Newtown is 77 miles north-east of Truro
south-east
82m
Newtown is 82 miles south-east of St Davids