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Where is Polstead?

Polstead is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, three miles south-west of the town of Hadleigh, eight miles north of the major town of Colchester, and 56 miles north-east of London. Polstead lies two miles north-east of the Essex border. Polstead falls within the district council of Babergh, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the CO6 postcode district. The post town for Polstead is Colchester.

Polstead on a map

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

Which county is Polstead in?

Polstead 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 Polstead in Suffolk?

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

Map showing location of Polstead within Suffolk
Location of Polstead within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Polstead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Polstead is CO6 5AL.

Where is Polstead in CO6?

Polstead is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the CO6 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the CO6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Polstead within CO6
Location of Polstead within CO6

What is the post town for Polstead?

The post town for Polstead is Colchester. Polstead is in the CO6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Colchester.

What is the latitude and longitude of Polstead?

The centre of Polstead is located at position 52.0071° latitude and 0.90228° longitude.

Latitude52.0071°
Longitude0.90228°

What is the easting and northing of Polstead?

The centre of Polstead is located at the grid reference easting 599294 and northing 238273 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting599294
Northing238273

What are the nearest towns to Polstead?

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

south-west
3m
Polstead is 3 miles south-west of Hadleigh
south-east
7m
Polstead is 7 miles south-east of Acton
east
8m
Polstead is 8 miles east of Sudbury
north-west
8m
Polstead is 8 miles north-west of Manningtree
north
11m
Polstead is 11 miles north of Wivenhoe
west
11m
Polstead is 11 miles west of Ipswich
south-west
12m
Polstead is 12 miles south-west of Needham Market
north-east
12m
Polstead is 12 miles north-east of Halstead
north-east
13m
Polstead is 13 miles north-east of Coggeshall
south
13m
Polstead is 13 miles south of Stowmarket

What are the nearest cities to Polstead?

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

north
8m
Polstead is 8 miles north of Colchester
north-east
26m
Polstead is 26 miles north-east of Chelmsford
north
33m
Polstead is 33 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
east
36m
Polstead is 36 miles east of Cambridge
south-east
38m
Polstead is 38 miles south-east of Ely
south
46m
Polstead is 46 miles south of Norwich
north
51m
Polstead is 51 miles north of Canterbury
north-east
55m
Polstead is 55 miles north-east of City of London
east
56m
Polstead is 56 miles east of St Albans
north-east
56m
Polstead is 56 miles north-east of London