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Where is Heydon?

Heydon is located in the county of Cambridgeshire, Eastern England, five miles east of the town of Royston, 11 miles south of the major city of Cambridge, and 37 miles north of London. Heydon lies just north-west of the Essex border. Heydon falls within the district council of South Cambridgeshire, under the county council of Cambridgeshire. It is in the SG8 postcode district. The post town for Heydon is Royston.

Heydon on a map

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

Which county is Heydon in?

Heydon 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 Heydon in Cambridgeshire?

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

Map showing location of Heydon within Cambridgeshire
Location of Heydon within Cambridgeshire

What is the postcode for Heydon?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Heydon is SG8 8TH.

Where is Heydon in SG8?

Heydon is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the SG8 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the SG8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Heydon within SG8
Location of Heydon within SG8

What is the post town for Heydon?

The post town for Heydon is Royston. Heydon is in the SG8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Royston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Heydon?

The centre of Heydon is located at position 52.04031° latitude and 0.0865° longitude.

Latitude52.04031°
Longitude0.0865°

What is the easting and northing of Heydon?

The centre of Heydon is located at the grid reference easting 543204 and northing 240045 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting543204
Northing240045

What are the nearest towns to Heydon?

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

east
5m
Heydon is 5 miles east of Royston
west
7m
Heydon is 7 miles west of Saffron Walden
north-east
8m
Heydon is 8 miles north-east of Buntingford
north-west
10m
Heydon is 10 miles north-west of Stansted Mountfitchet
north
12m
Heydon is 12 miles north of Bishop's Stortford
east
12m
Heydon is 12 miles east of Baldock
north-west
13m
Heydon is 13 miles north-west of Thaxted
east
14m
Heydon is 14 miles east of Stotfold
south-east
14m
Heydon is 14 miles south-east of Potton
east
14m
Heydon is 14 miles east of Letchworth

What are the nearest cities to Heydon?

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

south
11m
Heydon is 11 miles south of Cambridge
south
26m
Heydon is 26 miles south of Ely
north-west
27m
Heydon is 27 miles north-west of Chelmsford
north-east
27m
Heydon is 27 miles north-east of St Albans
east
36m
Heydon is 36 miles east of Milton Keynes
west
36m
Heydon is 36 miles west of Colchester
north
37m
Heydon is 37 miles north of City of London
north
38m
Heydon is 38 miles north of London
north
38m
Heydon is 38 miles north of City of Westminster
south
39m
Heydon is 39 miles south of Peterborough