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Where is Welshpool?

Welshpool is located in the county of Powys, Wales, seven miles north of the town of Montgomery, 17 miles west of the major town of Shrewsbury, 82 miles north of Cardiff, and 151 miles north-west of London. Welshpool lies three miles west of the Shropshire border, and was historically in the county of Montgomeryshire. Welshpool falls within the unitary authority of Powys - Powys. It is in the SY21 postcode district. The post town for Welshpool is Welshpool.

Welshpool on a map

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

Which county is Welshpool in?

Welshpool is in the ceremonial county of Powys, the historic county of Montgomeryshire, and the administrative county of Powys - Powys.

Ceremonial CountyPowys
Historic CountyMontgomeryshire
Administrative CountyPowys - Powys

Where is Welshpool in Powys?

Welshpool is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Powys, and towards the easternmost extremity of Powys.

Map showing location of Welshpool within Powys
Location of Welshpool within Powys

What is the postcode for Welshpool?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Welshpool is SY21 7JL.

Where is Welshpool in SY21?

Welshpool is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SY21 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the SY21 postcode district.

Map showing location of Welshpool within SY21
Location of Welshpool within SY21

What is the post town for Welshpool?

The post town for Welshpool is Welshpool. Welshpool is in the SY21 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Welshpool.

What is the latitude and longitude of Welshpool?

The centre of Welshpool is located at position 52.66063° latitude and -3.14971° longitude.

Latitude52.66063°
Longitude-3.14971°

What is the easting and northing of Welshpool?

The centre of Welshpool is located at the grid reference easting 322335 and northing 307611 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting322335
Northing307611

What are the nearest towns to Welshpool?

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

north
7m
Welshpool is 7 miles north of Montgomery
east
7m
Welshpool is 7 miles east of Llanfair Caereinion
south-east
9m
Welshpool is 9 miles south-east of Llanfyllin
north-east
12m
Welshpool is 12 miles north-east of Newtown
north-west
13m
Welshpool is 13 miles north-west of Bishop's Castle
south
14m
Welshpool is 14 miles south of Oswestry
north-west
17m
Welshpool is 17 miles north-west of Church Stretton
west
17m
Welshpool is 17 miles west of Shrewsbury
south
19m
Welshpool is 19 miles south of Chirk
south-west
20m
Welshpool is 20 miles south-west of Ellesmere

What are the nearest cities to Welshpool?

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

south
28m
Welshpool is 28 miles south of Wrexham
south
38m
Welshpool is 38 miles south of Chester
south
43m
Welshpool is 43 miles south of St Asaph
west
43m
Welshpool is 43 miles west of Wolverhampton
north-west
46m
Welshpool is 46 miles north-west of Hereford
south-west
48m
Welshpool is 48 miles south-west of Stoke-on-Trent
north-west
51m
Welshpool is 51 miles north-west of Worcester
south
52m
Welshpool is 52 miles south of Liverpool
west
54m
Welshpool is 54 miles west of Birmingham
west
56m
Welshpool is 56 miles west of Lichfield

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