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Where is The Common?

The Common is located in the county of Essex, Eastern England, four miles east of the town of Saffron Walden, 16 miles south-east of the major city of Cambridge, and 40 miles north-east of London. The Common lies two miles south-east of the Cambridgeshire border. The Common falls within the district council of Uttlesford, under the county council of Essex. It is in the CB10 postcode district. The post town for The Common is Saffron Walden.

The Common on a map

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

Which county is The Common in?

The Common is in the ceremonial county of Essex, the historic county of Essex, and the administrative county of Essex.

Ceremonial CountyEssex
Historic CountyEssex
Administrative CountyEssex

Where is The Common in Essex?

The Common is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Essex, and towards the westernmost extremity of Essex.

Map showing location of The Common within Essex
Location of The Common within Essex

What is the postcode for The Common?

The nearest postcode to the centre of The Common is CB10 2TX.

Where is The Common in CB10?

The Common is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the CB10 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the CB10 postcode district.

Map showing location of The Common within CB10
Location of The Common within CB10

What is the post town for The Common?

The post town for The Common is Saffron Walden. The Common is in the CB10 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Saffron Walden.

What is the latitude and longitude of The Common?

The centre of The Common is located at position 52.01861° latitude and 0.33854° longitude.

Latitude52.01861°
Longitude0.33854°

What is the easting and northing of The Common?

The centre of The Common is located at the grid reference easting 560566 and northing 238157 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting560566
Northing238157

What are the nearest towns to The Common?

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

east
4m
The Common is 4 miles east of Saffron Walden
north
4m
The Common is 4 miles north of Thaxted
south-west
6m
The Common is 6 miles south-west of Haverhill
north-east
10m
The Common is 10 miles north-east of Stansted Mountfitchet
north
10m
The Common is 10 miles north of Great Dunmow
south-west
11m
The Common is 11 miles south-west of Clare
north-east
13m
The Common is 13 miles north-east of Bishop's Stortford
north-west
13m
The Common is 13 miles north-west of Braintree
west
14m
The Common is 14 miles west of Halstead
east
15m
The Common is 15 miles east of Royston

What are the nearest cities to The Common?

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

south-east
16m
The Common is 16 miles south-east of Cambridge
north
20m
The Common is 20 miles north of Chelmsford
west
26m
The Common is 26 miles west of Colchester
south
27m
The Common is 27 miles south of Ely
north-east
34m
The Common is 34 miles north-east of St Albans
north-west
37m
The Common is 37 miles north-west of Southend-on-Sea
north-east
39m
The Common is 39 miles north-east of City of London
north-east
41m
The Common is 41 miles north-east of London
north-east
41m
The Common is 41 miles north-east of City of Westminster
south-east
46m
The Common is 46 miles south-east of Peterborough