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Where is Writtle?

Writtle is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, two miles west of the major city of Chelmsford, and 28 miles north-east of London. Writtle falls within the district council of Chelmsford, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CM1 postcode district. The post town for Writtle is Chelmsford.

Writtle on a map

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

Which county is Writtle in?

Writtle 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 Writtle in Essex?

Writtle 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 Writtle within Essex
Location of Writtle within Essex

What is the postcode for Writtle?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Writtle is CM1 3EP.

Where is Writtle in CM1?

Writtle is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the CM1 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CM1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Writtle within CM1
Location of Writtle within CM1

What is the post town for Writtle?

The post town for Writtle is Chelmsford. Writtle is in the CM1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Chelmsford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Writtle?

The centre of Writtle is located at position 51.73017° latitude and 0.42923° longitude.

Latitude51.73017°
Longitude0.42923°

What is the easting and northing of Writtle?

The centre of Writtle is located at the grid reference easting 567859 and northing 206288 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting567859
Northing206288

What are the nearest towns to Writtle?

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

north
7m
Writtle is 7 miles north of Billericay
east
8m
Writtle is 8 miles east of Chipping Ongar
north-west
9m
Writtle is 9 miles north-west of Wickford
north-east
9m
Writtle is 9 miles north-east of Brentwood
south
10m
Writtle is 10 miles south of Great Dunmow
north-west
10m
Writtle is 10 miles north-west of South Woodham Ferrers
south-west
10m
Writtle is 10 miles south-west of Witham
west
11m
Writtle is 11 miles west of Maldon
north
11m
Writtle is 11 miles north of Basildon
south-west
12m
Writtle is 12 miles south-west of Braintree

What are the nearest cities to Writtle?

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

west
2m
Writtle is 2 miles west of Chelmsford
north-west
18m
Writtle is 18 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
south-west
23m
Writtle is 23 miles south-west of Colchester
north-east
27m
Writtle is 27 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
28m
Writtle is 28 miles north-east of London
north-east
29m
Writtle is 29 miles north-east of City of Westminster
east
33m
Writtle is 33 miles east of St Albans
south-east
35m
Writtle is 35 miles south-east of Cambridge
north-west
42m
Writtle is 42 miles north-west of Canterbury
south
47m
Writtle is 47 miles south of Ely

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