A steering apparatus comprising: an inner column; a hollow outer column fitted onto the inner column such that a telescopic position relative to the inner column is adjustable in an axial direction; a vehicle body mounting bracket including left and right side plates (32A, 32B) and configured to be attachable to a vehicle body; a distance bracket held between the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket; and a tightening rod configured to tighten the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket onto the distance bracket, wherein the distance bracket includes a pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and a pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) to tighten an outer circumference of the inner column, the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) being provided in front of the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) in the axial direction, wherein the outer column is formed with a pair of left and right through-holes (15A, 15B) into which one of the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) is inserted, and wherein, when the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket is tightened by the tightening rod, the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) tighten the outer circumference of the inner column directly and clamp the inner column such that the inner column is immovable in the axial direction relative to the outer column; characterized in that the distance bracket is fixed to an outer circumference of the outer column and is held between the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket in a slidable manner, the distance bracket is formed with telescopic slots (63A, 63B) extending in the axial direction and through which the tightening rod is inserted, and a distance between the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) in the axial direction is shorter than a length of the telescopic slots (63A, 63B) in the axial direction (63A, 63B). an inner column; a hollow outer column fitted onto the inner column such that a telescopic position relative to the inner column is adjustable in an axial direction; a vehicle body mounting bracket including left and right side plates (32A, 32B) and configured to be attachable to a vehicle body; a distance bracket held between the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket; and a tightening rod configured to tighten the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket onto the distance bracket, wherein the distance bracket includes a pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and a pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) to tighten an outer circumference of the inner column, the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) being provided in front of the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) in the axial direction, wherein the outer column is formed with a pair of left and right through-holes (15A, 15B) into which one of the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) is inserted, and wherein, when the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket is tightened by the tightening rod, the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) tighten the outer circumference of the inner column directly and clamp the inner column such that the inner column is immovable in the axial direction relative to the outer column; characterized in that the distance bracket is fixed to an outer circumference of the outer column and is held between the left and right side plates (32A, 32B) of the vehicle body mounting bracket in a slidable manner, the distance bracket is formed with telescopic slots (63A, 63B) extending in the axial direction and through which the tightening rod is inserted, and a distance between the pair of left and right front tightening portions (66A, 66B) and the pair of left and right rear tightening portions (66A, 66B) in the axial direction is shorter than a length of the telescopic slots (63A, 63B) in the axial direction (63A, 63B).