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Where is Rudford?

Rudford is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, four miles north-west of the major city of Gloucester, 46 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 98 miles west of London. Rudford lies five miles south-east of the Herefordshire border. Rudford falls within the district council of Forest of Dean, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL2 postcode district. The post town for Rudford is Gloucester.

Rudford on a map

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

Which county is Rudford in?

Rudford is in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, the historic county of Gloucestershire, and the administrative county of Gloucestershire.

Ceremonial CountyGloucestershire
Historic CountyGloucestershire
Administrative CountyGloucestershire

Where is Rudford in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Rudford within Gloucestershire
Location of Rudford within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Rudford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Rudford is GL2 8DT.

Where is Rudford in GL2?

Rudford is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Rudford within GL2
Location of Rudford within GL2

What is the post town for Rudford?

The post town for Rudford is Gloucester. Rudford is in the GL2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Gloucester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Rudford?

The centre of Rudford is located at position 51.89121° latitude and -2.32549° longitude.

Latitude51.89121°
Longitude-2.32549°

What is the easting and northing of Rudford?

The centre of Rudford is located at the grid reference easting 377697 and northing 221457 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting377697
Northing221457

What are the nearest towns to Rudford?

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

south-east
4m
Rudford is 4 miles south-east of Newent
east
7m
Rudford is 7 miles east of Mitcheldean
north-east
9m
Rudford is 9 miles north-east of Cinderford
north-west
9m
Rudford is 9 miles north-west of Painswick
south-west
10m
Rudford is 10 miles south-west of Tewkesbury
north
10m
Rudford is 10 miles north of Stonehouse
west
11m
Rudford is 11 miles west of Cheltenham
south
11m
Rudford is 11 miles south of Ledbury
north-west
11m
Rudford is 11 miles north-west of Stroud
east
11m
Rudford is 11 miles east of Ross-on-Wye

What are the nearest cities to Rudford?

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

north-west
4m
Rudford is 4 miles north-west of Gloucester
south-east
20m
Rudford is 20 miles south-east of Hereford
south
21m
Rudford is 21 miles south of Worcester
north
33m
Rudford is 33 miles north of Bristol
north
35m
Rudford is 35 miles north of Bath
north-east
36m
Rudford is 36 miles north-east of Newport
south-west
44m
Rudford is 44 miles south-west of Birmingham
north-east
46m
Rudford is 46 miles north-east of Cardiff
west
47m
Rudford is 47 miles west of Oxford
south
49m
Rudford is 49 miles south of Wolverhampton