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Where is Balsham?

Balsham is located in the county of Cambridgeshire, Eastern England, six miles north-west of the town of Haverhill, ten miles south-east of the major city of Cambridge, and 47 miles north of London. Balsham lies three miles north-west of the Essex border. Balsham falls within the district council of South Cambridgeshire, under the county council of Cambridgeshire. It is in the CB21 postcode district. The post town for Balsham is Cambridge.

Balsham on a map

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

Which county is Balsham in?

Balsham is in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, the historic county of Cambridgeshire, and the administrative county of Cambridgeshire.

Ceremonial CountyCambridgeshire
Historic CountyCambridgeshire
Administrative CountyCambridgeshire

Where is Balsham in Cambridgeshire?

Balsham is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Cambridgeshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of Cambridgeshire.

Map showing location of Balsham within Cambridgeshire
Location of Balsham within Cambridgeshire

What is the postcode for Balsham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Balsham is CB21 4DS.

Where is Balsham in CB21?

Balsham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CB21 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the CB21 postcode district.

Map showing location of Balsham within CB21
Location of Balsham within CB21

What is the post town for Balsham?

The post town for Balsham is Cambridge. Balsham is in the CB21 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cambridge.

What is the latitude and longitude of Balsham?

The centre of Balsham is located at position 52.13282° latitude and 0.3156° longitude.

Latitude52.13282°
Longitude0.3156°

What is the easting and northing of Balsham?

The centre of Balsham is located at the grid reference easting 558587 and northing 250807 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting558587
Northing250807

What are the nearest towns to Balsham?

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

north-west
6m
Balsham is 6 miles north-west of Haverhill
north
8m
Balsham is 8 miles north of Saffron Walden
south-west
9m
Balsham is 9 miles south-west of Newmarket
west
12m
Balsham is 12 miles west of Clare
north
12m
Balsham is 12 miles north of Thaxted
south
14m
Balsham is 14 miles south of Soham
north-east
15m
Balsham is 15 miles north-east of Royston
north
17m
Balsham is 17 miles north of Stansted Mountfitchet
south-west
17m
Balsham is 17 miles south-west of Mildenhall
north
18m
Balsham is 18 miles north of Great Dunmow

What are the nearest cities to Balsham?

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

south-east
10m
Balsham is 10 miles south-east of Cambridge
south
19m
Balsham is 19 miles south of Ely
north
28m
Balsham is 28 miles north of Chelmsford
north-west
30m
Balsham is 30 miles north-west of Colchester
north-east
38m
Balsham is 38 miles north-east of St Albans
south-east
39m
Balsham is 39 miles south-east of Peterborough
north-west
44m
Balsham is 44 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
east
46m
Balsham is 46 miles east of Milton Keynes
north
46m
Balsham is 46 miles north of City of London
north
47m
Balsham is 47 miles north of London

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