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Where is The Stocks?

The Stocks is located in the county of Wiltshire, South West England, three miles south-east of the town of Melksham, 11 miles east of the major city of Bath, 47 miles east of Cardiff, and 87 miles west of London. The Stocks lies seven miles east of the Somerset border. The Stocks falls within the unitary authority of Wiltshire. It is in the SN12 postcode district. The post town for The Stocks is Melksham.

The Stocks on a map

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

Which county is The Stocks in?

The Stocks is in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, the historic county of Wiltshire, and the administrative county of Wiltshire.

Ceremonial CountyWiltshire
Historic CountyWiltshire
Administrative CountyWiltshire

Where is The Stocks in Wiltshire?

The Stocks is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Wiltshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of Wiltshire.

Map showing location of The Stocks within Wiltshire
Location of The Stocks within Wiltshire

What is the postcode for The Stocks?

The nearest postcode to the centre of The Stocks is SN12 6PP.

Where is The Stocks in SN12?

The Stocks is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the SN12 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the SN12 postcode district.

Map showing location of The Stocks within SN12
Location of The Stocks within SN12

What is the post town for The Stocks?

The post town for The Stocks is Melksham. The Stocks is in the SN12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Melksham.

What is the latitude and longitude of The Stocks?

The centre of The Stocks is located at position 51.33947° latitude and -2.11258° longitude.

Latitude51.33947°
Longitude-2.11258°

What is the easting and northing of The Stocks?

The centre of The Stocks is located at the grid reference easting 392254 and northing 160048 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting392254
Northing160048

What are the nearest towns to The Stocks?

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

south-east
3m
The Stocks is 3 miles south-east of Melksham
east
4m
The Stocks is 4 miles east of Trowbridge
west
5m
The Stocks is 5 miles west of Devizes
east
6m
The Stocks is 6 miles east of Bradford-on-Avon
north-east
6m
The Stocks is 6 miles north-east of Westbury
south-east
7m
The Stocks is 7 miles south-east of Corsham
south
8m
The Stocks is 8 miles south of Chippenham
south-west
8m
The Stocks is 8 miles south-west of Calne
north
10m
The Stocks is 10 miles north of Warminster
north-east
12m
The Stocks is 12 miles north-east of Frome

What are the nearest cities to The Stocks?

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

east
11m
The Stocks is 11 miles east of Bath
east
23m
The Stocks is 23 miles east of Bristol
north-west
23m
The Stocks is 23 miles north-west of Salisbury
east
25m
The Stocks is 25 miles east of Wells
south
37m
The Stocks is 37 miles south of Gloucester
north-west
40m
The Stocks is 40 miles north-west of Winchester
south-east
42m
The Stocks is 42 miles south-east of Newport
north-west
43m
The Stocks is 43 miles north-west of Southampton
south-west
47m
The Stocks is 47 miles south-west of Oxford
east
47m
The Stocks is 47 miles east of Cardiff