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Where is Harkstead?

Harkstead is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, four miles west of the town of Harwich, six miles south of the major town of Ipswich, and 65 miles north-east of London. Harkstead lies roughly one mile north-east of the Essex border. Harkstead falls within the district council of Babergh, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the IP9 postcode district. The post town for Harkstead is Ipswich.

Harkstead on a map

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

Which county is Harkstead in?

Harkstead is in the ceremonial county of Suffolk, the historic county of Suffolk, and the administrative county of Suffolk.

Ceremonial CountySuffolk
Historic CountySuffolk
Administrative CountySuffolk

Where is Harkstead in Suffolk?

Harkstead is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Suffolk, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Suffolk.

Map showing location of Harkstead within Suffolk
Location of Harkstead within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Harkstead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Harkstead is IP9 1DD.

Where is Harkstead in IP9?

Harkstead is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the IP9 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the IP9 postcode district.

Map showing location of Harkstead within IP9
Location of Harkstead within IP9

What is the post town for Harkstead?

The post town for Harkstead is Ipswich. Harkstead is in the IP9 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ipswich.

What is the latitude and longitude of Harkstead?

The centre of Harkstead is located at position 51.97208° latitude and 1.19289° longitude.

Latitude51.97208°
Longitude1.19289°

What is the easting and northing of Harkstead?

The centre of Harkstead is located at the grid reference easting 619406 and northing 235216 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting619406
Northing235216

What are the nearest towns to Harkstead?

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

west
4m
Harkstead is 4 miles west of Harwich
east
6m
Harkstead is 6 miles east of Manningtree
south
6m
Harkstead is 6 miles south of Ipswich
south
7m
Harkstead is 7 miles south of Kesgrave
west
7m
Harkstead is 7 miles west of Felixstowe
north-west
9m
Harkstead is 9 miles north-west of Walton-on-the-Naze
north
10m
Harkstead is 10 miles north of Frinton-on-Sea
south-west
10m
Harkstead is 10 miles south-west of Woodbridge
south-east
11m
Harkstead is 11 miles south-east of Hadleigh
north
13m
Harkstead is 13 miles north of Clacton-on-Sea

What are the nearest cities to Harkstead?

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

north-east
14m
Harkstead is 14 miles north-east of Colchester
north-east
35m
Harkstead is 35 miles north-east of Chelmsford
north-east
36m
Harkstead is 36 miles north-east of Southend-on-Sea
south
46m
Harkstead is 46 miles south of Norwich
north
48m
Harkstead is 48 miles north of Canterbury
east
48m
Harkstead is 48 miles east of Cambridge
south-east
49m
Harkstead is 49 miles south-east of Ely
north-east
64m
Harkstead is 64 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
65m
Harkstead is 65 miles north-east of London
north-east
65m
Harkstead is 65 miles north-east of City of Westminster