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Where is Thornton Rust?

Thornton Rust is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, nine miles west of the town of Leyburn, 25 miles south-west of the major town of Darlington, 123 miles south of Edinburgh, 200 miles north of Cardiff, and 208 miles north-west of London. Thornton Rust was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Thornton Rust falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the DL8 postcode district.

Thornton Rust on a map

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

Which county is Thornton Rust in?

Thornton Rust is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Thornton Rust in North Yorkshire?

Thornton Rust is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Thornton Rust within North Yorkshire
Location of Thornton Rust within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Thornton Rust?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Thornton Rust is DL8 3AW.

Where is Thornton Rust in DL8?

Thornton Rust is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DL8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DL8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Thornton Rust within DL8
Location of Thornton Rust within DL8

What is the latitude and longitude of Thornton Rust?

The centre of Thornton Rust is located at position 54.29591° latitude and -2.04511° longitude.

Latitude54.29591°
Longitude-2.04511°

What is the easting and northing of Thornton Rust?

The centre of Thornton Rust is located at the grid reference easting 397162 and northing 488923 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting397162
Northing488923

What are the nearest towns to Thornton Rust?

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

west
9m
Thornton Rust is 9 miles west of Leyburn
west
10m
Thornton Rust is 10 miles west of Middleham
south-west
15m
Thornton Rust is 15 miles south-west of Richmond
west
17m
Thornton Rust is 17 miles west of Masham
south-east
17m
Thornton Rust is 17 miles south-east of Kirkby Stephen
south
18m
Thornton Rust is 18 miles south of Barnard Castle
west
18m
Thornton Rust is 18 miles west of Bedale
north-east
18m
Thornton Rust is 18 miles north-east of Settle
north-west
19m
Thornton Rust is 19 miles north-west of Pateley Bridge
east
20m
Thornton Rust is 20 miles east of Sedbergh

What are the nearest cities to Thornton Rust?

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

north-west
24m
Thornton Rust is 24 miles north-west of Ripon
north-east
35m
Thornton Rust is 35 miles north-east of Lancaster
north
37m
Thornton Rust is 37 miles north of Bradford
south-west
38m
Thornton Rust is 38 miles south-west of Durham
north-west
40m
Thornton Rust is 40 miles north-west of Leeds
north-west
45m
Thornton Rust is 45 miles north-west of York
north-east
46m
Thornton Rust is 46 miles north-east of Preston
north-west
48m
Thornton Rust is 48 miles north-west of Wakefield
south-west
50m
Thornton Rust is 50 miles south-west of Sunderland
south
50m
Thornton Rust is 50 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne