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Where is Thetford?

Thetford is located in the county of Norfolk, Eastern England, six miles east of the town of Brandon, 27 miles south-west of the major city of Norwich, and 73 miles north-east of London. Thetford lies roughly one mile north-west of the Suffolk border. Thetford falls within the district council of Breckland, under the county council of Norfolk. It is in the IP24 postcode district. The post town for Thetford is Thetford.

Thetford on a map

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

Which county is Thetford in?

Thetford 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 Thetford in Norfolk?

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

Map showing location of Thetford within Norfolk
Location of Thetford within Norfolk

What is the postcode for Thetford?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Thetford is IP24 1ZX.

Where is Thetford in IP24?

Thetford is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the IP24 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the IP24 postcode district.

Map showing location of Thetford within IP24
Location of Thetford within IP24

What is the post town for Thetford?

The post town for Thetford is Thetford. Thetford is in the IP24 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Thetford.

What is the latitude and longitude of Thetford?

The centre of Thetford is located at position 52.41353° latitude and 0.7505° longitude.

Latitude52.41353°
Longitude0.7505°

What is the easting and northing of Thetford?

The centre of Thetford is located at the grid reference easting 587163 and northing 283062 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting587163
Northing283062

What are the nearest towns to Thetford?

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

east
6m
Thetford is 6 miles east of Brandon
north-east
11m
Thetford is 11 miles north-east of Mildenhall
south
11m
Thetford is 11 miles south of Watton
north
12m
Thetford is 12 miles north of Bury St Edmunds
south-west
13m
Thetford is 13 miles south-west of Attleborough
south-west
15m
Thetford is 15 miles south-west of Hingham
west
15m
Thetford is 15 miles west of Diss
south
16m
Thetford is 16 miles south of Swaffham
west
18m
Thetford is 18 miles west of Eye
east
18m
Thetford is 18 miles east of Soham

What are the nearest cities to Thetford?

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

east
21m
Thetford is 21 miles east of Ely
south-west
27m
Thetford is 27 miles south-west of Norwich
north-east
30m
Thetford is 30 miles north-east of Cambridge
north
37m
Thetford is 37 miles north of Colchester
east
43m
Thetford is 43 miles east of Peterborough
north
48m
Thetford is 48 miles north of Chelmsford
north
60m
Thetford is 60 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
north-east
65m
Thetford is 65 miles north-east of St Albans
north-east
69m
Thetford is 69 miles north-east of Milton Keynes
north-east
72m
Thetford is 72 miles north-east of City of London

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