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Where is Wistow?

Wistow is located in the county of Leicestershire, East Midlands, six miles south-east of the major city of Leicester, and 82 miles north-west of London. Wistow lies seven miles north-west of the Northamptonshire border. Wistow falls within the district council of Blaby, under the county council of Leicestershire. It is in the LE8 postcode district. The post town for Wistow is Leicester.

Wistow on a map

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

Which county is Wistow in?

Wistow 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 Wistow in Leicestershire?

Wistow is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Leicestershire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Leicestershire.

Map showing location of Wistow within Leicestershire
Location of Wistow within Leicestershire

What is the postcode for Wistow?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Wistow is LE8 0QF.

Where is Wistow in LE8?

Wistow is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the LE8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the LE8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Wistow within LE8
Location of Wistow within LE8

What is the post town for Wistow?

The post town for Wistow is Leicester. Wistow is in the LE8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Leicester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Wistow?

The centre of Wistow is located at position 52.55802° latitude and -1.05971° longitude.

Latitude52.55802°
Longitude-1.05971°

What is the easting and northing of Wistow?

The centre of Wistow is located at the grid reference easting 463844 and northing 295991 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting463844
Northing295991

What are the nearest towns to Wistow?

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

north-west
8m
Wistow is 8 miles north-west of Market Harborough
north-east
9m
Wistow is 9 miles north-east of Lutterworth
south
10m
Wistow is 10 miles south of Syston
east
11m
Wistow is 11 miles east of Earl Shilton
north-west
13m
Wistow is 13 miles north-west of Desborough
east
13m
Wistow is 13 miles east of Hinckley
west
14m
Wistow is 14 miles west of Uppingham
east
15m
Wistow is 15 miles east of Market Bosworth
north-east
15m
Wistow is 15 miles north-east of Rugby
west
16m
Wistow is 16 miles west of Corby

What are the nearest cities to Wistow?

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

south-east
6m
Wistow is 6 miles south-east of Leicester
north-east
22m
Wistow is 22 miles north-east of Coventry
south
28m
Wistow is 28 miles south of Nottingham
south-east
31m
Wistow is 31 miles south-east of Derby
east
33m
Wistow is 33 miles east of Lichfield
west
34m
Wistow is 34 miles west of Peterborough
east
36m
Wistow is 36 miles east of Birmingham
north
38m
Wistow is 38 miles north of Milton Keynes
east
45m
Wistow is 45 miles east of Wolverhampton
south-west
52m
Wistow is 52 miles south-west of Lincoln