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Where is Swining?

Swining is located in the county of Shetland, Scotland, 16 miles north of the town of Lerwick, 226 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 315 miles north of Edinburgh, and 614 miles north of London. Swining falls within the unitary authority of Shetland Islands. It is in the ZE2 postcode district. The post town for Swining is Shetland.

Swining on a map

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

Which county is Swining in?

Swining is in the ceremonial county of Shetland, the historic county of Shetland, and the administrative county of Shetland Islands.

Ceremonial CountyShetland
Historic CountyShetland
Administrative CountyShetland Islands

Where is Swining in Shetland?

Swining is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Shetland, and towards the easternmost extremity of Shetland.

Map showing location of Swining within Shetland
Location of Swining within Shetland

What is the postcode for Swining?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Swining is ZE2 9QE.

Where is Swining in ZE2?

Swining is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the ZE2 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the ZE2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Swining within ZE2
Location of Swining within ZE2

What is the post town for Swining?

The post town for Swining is Shetland. Swining is in the ZE2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Shetland.

What is the latitude and longitude of Swining?

The centre of Swining is located at position 60.38008° latitude and -1.16852° longitude.

Latitude60.38008°
Longitude-1.16852°

What is the easting and northing of Swining?

The centre of Swining is located at the grid reference easting 445946 and northing 1166526 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting445946
Northing1166526

What are the nearest towns to Swining?

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

north
16m
Swining is 16 miles north of Lerwick
north-east
115m
Swining is 115 miles north-east of Kirkwall
north-east
123m
Swining is 123 miles north-east of Stromness
north-east
149m
Swining is 149 miles north-east of Thurso
north-east
150m
Swining is 150 miles north-east of Wick
north
188m
Swining is 188 miles north of Fraserburgh
north
189m
Swining is 189 miles north of Rosehearty
north
193m
Swining is 193 miles north of Macduff
north
194m
Swining is 194 miles north of Banff
north
194m
Swining is 194 miles north of Portsoy

What are the nearest cities to Swining?

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

north
226m
Swining is 226 miles north of Aberdeen
north-east
229m
Swining is 229 miles north-east of Inverness
north
279m
Swining is 279 miles north of Dundee
north
288m
Swining is 288 miles north of Perth
north
310m
Swining is 310 miles north of Dunfermline
north
312m
Swining is 312 miles north of Stirling
north
315m
Swining is 315 miles north of Edinburgh
north
332m
Swining is 332 miles north of Glasgow
north
374m
Swining is 374 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne
north
379m
Swining is 379 miles north of Sunderland