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Where is Farnham?

Farnham is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, two miles west of the town of Stansted Mountfitchet, nine miles north of the major town of Harlow, and 29 miles north of London. Farnham lies just east of the Hertfordshire border. Farnham falls within the district council of Uttlesford, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CM23 postcode district. The post town for Farnham is Bishop's Stortford.

Farnham on a map

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

Which county is Farnham in?

Farnham 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 Farnham in Essex?

Farnham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Essex, and towards the westernmost extremity of Essex.

Map showing location of Farnham within Essex
Location of Farnham within Essex

What is the postcode for Farnham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Farnham is CM23 1HW.

Where is Farnham in CM23?

Farnham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CM23 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the CM23 postcode district.

Map showing location of Farnham within CM23
Location of Farnham within CM23

What is the post town for Farnham?

The post town for Farnham is Bishop's Stortford. Farnham is in the CM23 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bishop's Stortford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Farnham?

The centre of Farnham is located at position 51.90233° latitude and 0.14177° longitude.

Latitude51.90233°
Longitude0.14177°

What is the easting and northing of Farnham?

The centre of Farnham is located at the grid reference easting 547446 and northing 224810 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting547446
Northing224810

What are the nearest towns to Farnham?

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

west
2m
Farnham is 2 miles west of Stansted Mountfitchet
north
2m
Farnham is 2 miles north of Bishop's Stortford
north
6m
Farnham is 6 miles north of Sawbridgeworth
east
7m
Farnham is 7 miles east of Buntingford
south-west
9m
Farnham is 9 miles south-west of Thaxted
south-west
9m
Farnham is 9 miles south-west of Saffron Walden
north
9m
Farnham is 9 miles north of Harlow
north-east
10m
Farnham is 10 miles north-east of Ware
west
10m
Farnham is 10 miles west of Great Dunmow
north-east
12m
Farnham is 12 miles north-east of Hertford

What are the nearest cities to Farnham?

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

north-west
18m
Farnham is 18 miles north-west of Chelmsford
south
21m
Farnham is 21 miles south of Cambridge
north-east
23m
Farnham is 23 miles north-east of St Albans
north
29m
Farnham is 29 miles north of City of London
north
30m
Farnham is 30 miles north of London
north
30m
Farnham is 30 miles north of City of Westminster
west
32m
Farnham is 32 miles west of Colchester
south
35m
Farnham is 35 miles south of Ely
north-west
35m
Farnham is 35 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
east
39m
Farnham is 39 miles east of Milton Keynes