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Where is Sharpness?

Sharpness is located in the county of Gloucestershire, South West England, three miles east of the town of Lydney, 14 miles south-west of the major city of Gloucester, 34 miles north-east of Cardiff, and 102 miles west of London. Sharpness falls within the district council of Stroud, under the county council of Gloucestershire. It is in the GL13 postcode district. The post town for Sharpness is Berkeley.

Sharpness on a map

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

Which county is Sharpness in?

Sharpness 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 Sharpness in Gloucestershire?

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

Map showing location of Sharpness within Gloucestershire
Location of Sharpness within Gloucestershire

What is the postcode for Sharpness?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Sharpness is GL13 9NL.

Where is Sharpness in GL13?

Sharpness is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the GL13 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the GL13 postcode district.

Map showing location of Sharpness within GL13
Location of Sharpness within GL13

What is the post town for Sharpness?

The post town for Sharpness is Berkeley. Sharpness is in the GL13 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Berkeley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Sharpness?

The centre of Sharpness is located at position 51.71397° latitude and -2.47222° longitude.

Latitude51.71397°
Longitude-2.47222°

What is the easting and northing of Sharpness?

The centre of Sharpness is located at the grid reference easting 367472 and northing 201799 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting367472
Northing201799

What are the nearest towns to Sharpness?

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

east
3m
Sharpness is 3 miles east of Lydney
north-west
6m
Sharpness is 6 miles north-west of Dursley
north-west
7m
Sharpness is 7 miles north-west of Wotton-under-Edge
north
8m
Sharpness is 8 miles north of Thornbury
south
8m
Sharpness is 8 miles south of Cinderford
south-east
8m
Sharpness is 8 miles south-east of Coleford
west
8m
Sharpness is 8 miles west of Stonehouse
north-east
10m
Sharpness is 10 miles north-east of Chepstow
south
10m
Sharpness is 10 miles south of Mitcheldean
west
11m
Sharpness is 11 miles west of Nailsworth

What are the nearest cities to Sharpness?

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

south-west
14m
Sharpness is 14 miles south-west of Gloucester
north
19m
Sharpness is 19 miles north of Bristol
north
23m
Sharpness is 23 miles north of Bath
east
24m
Sharpness is 24 miles east of Newport
south-east
26m
Sharpness is 26 miles south-east of Hereford
north-east
34m
Sharpness is 34 miles north-east of Cardiff
south
35m
Sharpness is 35 miles south of Worcester
north
36m
Sharpness is 36 miles north of Wells
west
52m
Sharpness is 52 miles west of Oxford
north-west
53m
Sharpness is 53 miles north-west of Salisbury