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Where is Farnham?

Farnham is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north of the town of Knaresborough, four miles north-east of the major town of Harrogate, 149 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 183 miles north of London. Farnham was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Farnham falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the HG5 postcode district. The post town for Farnham is Knaresborough.

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 North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Farnham in North Yorkshire?

Farnham is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Farnham within North Yorkshire
Location of Farnham within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Farnham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Farnham is HG5 9JE.

Where is Farnham in HG5?

Farnham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the HG5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the HG5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Farnham within HG5
Location of Farnham within HG5

What is the post town for Farnham?

The post town for Farnham is Knaresborough. Farnham is in the HG5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Knaresborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Farnham?

The centre of Farnham is located at position 54.03987° latitude and -1.46812° longitude.

Latitude54.03987°
Longitude-1.46812°

What is the easting and northing of Farnham?

The centre of Farnham is located at the grid reference easting 434930 and northing 460564 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting434930
Northing460564

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.

north
2m
Farnham is 2 miles north of Knaresborough
north-east
4m
Farnham is 4 miles north-east of Harrogate
south-west
5m
Farnham is 5 miles south-west of Boroughbridge
north-west
8m
Farnham is 8 miles north-west of Wetherby
east
12m
Farnham is 12 miles east of Pateley Bridge
south-west
12m
Farnham is 12 miles south-west of Easingwold
north-east
13m
Farnham is 13 miles north-east of Otley
north-west
14m
Farnham is 14 miles north-west of Tadcaster
south
14m
Farnham is 14 miles south of Thirsk
south-east
15m
Farnham is 15 miles south-east of Masham

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.

south
7m
Farnham is 7 miles south of Ripon
west
17m
Farnham is 17 miles west of York
north
17m
Farnham is 17 miles north of Leeds
north-east
21m
Farnham is 21 miles north-east of Bradford
north
25m
Farnham is 25 miles north of Wakefield
north
38m
Farnham is 38 miles north of Doncaster
north
45m
Farnham is 45 miles north of Sheffield
north-east
50m
Farnham is 50 miles north-east of Manchester
north-west
51m
Farnham is 51 miles north-west of Kingston upon Hull
south
51m
Farnham is 51 miles south of Durham