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Where is Fordham?

Fordham is located in the county of Norfolk, Eastern England, two miles south of the town of Downham Market, 26 miles east of the major city of Peterborough, and 76 miles north of London. Fordham lies five miles north-east of the Cambridgeshire border. Fordham falls within the district council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, under the county council of Norfolk. It is in the PE38 postcode district. The post town for Fordham is Downham Market.

Fordham on a map

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

Which county is Fordham in?

Fordham is in the ceremonial county of Norfolk, the historic county of Norfolk, and the administrative county of Norfolk.

Ceremonial CountyNorfolk
Historic CountyNorfolk
Administrative CountyNorfolk

Where is Fordham in Norfolk?

Fordham is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Norfolk, and towards the westernmost extremity of Norfolk.

Map showing location of Fordham within Norfolk
Location of Fordham within Norfolk

What is the postcode for Fordham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Fordham is PE38 0LW.

Where is Fordham in PE38?

Fordham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the PE38 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the PE38 postcode district.

Map showing location of Fordham within PE38
Location of Fordham within PE38

What is the post town for Fordham?

The post town for Fordham is Downham Market. Fordham is in the PE38 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Downham Market.

What is the latitude and longitude of Fordham?

The centre of Fordham is located at position 52.571° latitude and 0.38303° longitude.

Latitude52.571°
Longitude0.38303°

What is the easting and northing of Fordham?

The centre of Fordham is located at the grid reference easting 561596 and northing 299686 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting561596
Northing299686

What are the nearest towns to Fordham?

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

south
2m
Fordham is 2 miles south of Downham Market
south-east
11m
Fordham is 11 miles south-east of Wisbech
south
13m
Fordham is 13 miles south of King's Lynn
east
13m
Fordham is 13 miles east of March
north-west
13m
Fordham is 13 miles north-west of Brandon
south-west
14m
Fordham is 14 miles south-west of Swaffham
north-east
16m
Fordham is 16 miles north-east of Chatteris
north
17m
Fordham is 17 miles north of Mildenhall
north
17m
Fordham is 17 miles north of Soham
south-east
18m
Fordham is 18 miles south-east of Long Sutton

What are the nearest cities to Fordham?

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

north
13m
Fordham is 13 miles north of Ely
east
26m
Fordham is 26 miles east of Peterborough
north
28m
Fordham is 28 miles north of Cambridge
west
39m
Fordham is 39 miles west of Norwich
north-west
52m
Fordham is 52 miles north-west of Colchester
north
58m
Fordham is 58 miles north of Chelmsford
south-east
60m
Fordham is 60 miles south-east of Lincoln
north-east
60m
Fordham is 60 miles north-east of Milton Keynes
east
64m
Fordham is 64 miles east of Leicester
north-east
64m
Fordham is 64 miles north-east of St Albans