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Where is Welham?

Welham is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, four miles north-east of the town of Market Harborough, 13 miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 77 miles north-west of London. Welham lies just north of the Northamptonshire border. Welham falls within the district council of Harborough, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE16 postcode district. The post town for Welham is Market Harborough.

Welham on a map

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

Which county is Welham in?

Welham is in the ceremonial county of Leicestershire, the historic county of Leicestershire, and the administrative county of Leicestershire.

Ceremonial CountyLeicestershire
Historic CountyLeicestershire
Administrative CountyLeicestershire

Where is Welham in Leicestershire?

Welham is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Leicestershire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Leicestershire.

Map showing location of Welham within Leicestershire
Location of Welham within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Welham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Welham is LE16 7UJ.

Where is Welham in LE16?

Welham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the LE16 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LE16 postcode district.

Map showing location of Welham within LE16
Location of Welham within LE16

What is the post town for Welham?

The post town for Welham is Market Harborough. Welham is in the LE16 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Market Harborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Welham?

The centre of Welham is located at position 52.5251° latitude and -0.87265° longitude.

Latitude52.5251°
Longitude-0.87265°

What is the easting and northing of Welham?

The centre of Welham is located at the grid reference easting 476582 and northing 292511 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting476582
Northing292511

What are the nearest towns to Welham?

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

north-east
4m
Welham is 4 miles north-east of Market Harborough
north
6m
Welham is 6 miles north of Desborough
south-west
8m
Welham is 8 miles south-west of Uppingham
west
8m
Welham is 8 miles west of Corby
north-west
11m
Welham is 11 miles north-west of Kettering
south-west
12m
Welham is 12 miles south-west of Oakham
north-west
14m
Welham is 14 miles north-west of Burton Latimer
east
15m
Welham is 15 miles east of Lutterworth
south-east
15m
Welham is 15 miles south-east of Syston
north-west
17m
Welham is 17 miles north-west of Thrapston

What are the nearest cities to Welham?

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

south-east
13m
Welham is 13 miles south-east of Leicester
west
27m
Welham is 27 miles west of Peterborough
east
28m
Welham is 28 miles east of Coventry
south
32m
Welham is 32 miles south of Nottingham
north
34m
Welham is 34 miles north of Milton Keynes
south-east
38m
Welham is 38 miles south-east of Derby
east
42m
Welham is 42 miles east of Lichfield
east
44m
Welham is 44 miles east of Birmingham
north-west
47m
Welham is 47 miles north-west of Cambridge
west
49m
Welham is 49 miles west of Ely