What is the name of the nearest town to Longbourn?

The nearest town to Longbourn is Meryton. Longbourn is the Hertfordshire village where the Bennet family lives, while Meryton is the nearby town that provides shops, social visits, assemblies, and much of the local gossip in Pride and Prejudice.

Jane Austen places Longbourn only about a mile from Meryton, making the town close enough for the Bennet sisters to visit several times a week. Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Bennet's sister, lives there, and the Bennet girls often go to see her or visit the milliner's shop. Meryton is also where the militia is stationed, bringing officers such as George Wickham into the story.

The other options refer to places connected with different parts of the novel. Brighton is where Lydia and Wickham eventually go, while Lambton is the Derbyshire town near Pemberley that Elizabeth visits with the Gardiners. Meryton is therefore the distinctive local town associated with Longbourn and the Bennet family's everyday social world.