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Where is Windmill Hill?

Windmill Hill is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, four miles east of the town of Witham, nine miles south-west of the major town of Colchester, and 42 miles north-east of London. Windmill Hill falls within the district council of Colchester, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CO5 postcode district. The post town for Windmill Hill is Colchester.

Windmill Hill on a map

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

Which county is Windmill Hill in?

Windmill Hill is in the ceremonial county of Essex, the historic county of Essex, and the administrative county of Essex.

Ceremonial CountyEssex
Historic CountyEssex
Administrative CountyEssex

Where is Windmill Hill in Essex?

Windmill Hill is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Essex, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Essex.

Map showing location of Windmill Hill within Essex
Location of Windmill Hill within Essex

What is the postcode for Windmill Hill?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Windmill Hill is CO5 0UN.

Where is Windmill Hill in CO5?

Windmill Hill is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CO5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CO5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Windmill Hill within CO5
Location of Windmill Hill within CO5

What is the post town for Windmill Hill?

The post town for Windmill Hill is Colchester. Windmill Hill is in the CO5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Colchester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Windmill Hill?

The centre of Windmill Hill is located at position 51.81649° latitude and 0.73009° longitude.

Latitude51.81649°
Longitude0.73009°

What is the easting and northing of Windmill Hill?

The centre of Windmill Hill is located at the grid reference easting 588273 and northing 216620 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting588273
Northing216620

What are the nearest towns to Windmill Hill?

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

east
4m
Windmill Hill is 4 miles east of Witham
south-east
4m
Windmill Hill is 4 miles south-east of Coggeshall
north
6m
Windmill Hill is 6 miles north of Maldon
west
8m
Windmill Hill is 8 miles west of West Mersea
south-east
9m
Windmill Hill is 9 miles south-east of Braintree
south-east
10m
Windmill Hill is 10 miles south-east of Halstead
west
10m
Windmill Hill is 10 miles west of Wivenhoe
north-west
11m
Windmill Hill is 11 miles north-west of Southminster
west
13m
Windmill Hill is 13 miles west of Brightlingsea
north
13m
Windmill Hill is 13 miles north of South Woodham Ferrers

What are the nearest cities to Windmill Hill?

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

south-west
9m
Windmill Hill is 9 miles south-west of Colchester
north-east
12m
Windmill Hill is 12 miles north-east of Chelmsford
north
19m
Windmill Hill is 19 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
south-east
37m
Windmill Hill is 37 miles south-east of Cambridge
north-west
40m
Windmill Hill is 40 miles north-west of Canterbury
north-east
41m
Windmill Hill is 41 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
43m
Windmill Hill is 43 miles north-east of London
north-east
43m
Windmill Hill is 43 miles north-east of City of Westminster
south-east
45m
Windmill Hill is 45 miles south-east of Ely
east
46m
Windmill Hill is 46 miles east of St Albans