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Where is Barking?

Barking is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, two miles south-west of the town of Needham Market, eight miles north-west of the major town of Ipswich, and 65 miles north-east of London. Barking falls within the district council of Mid Suffolk, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the IP6 postcode district. The post town for Barking is Ipswich.

Barking on a map

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

Which county is Barking in?

Barking 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 Barking in Suffolk?

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

Map showing location of Barking within Suffolk
Location of Barking within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Barking?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barking is IP6 8HS.

Where is Barking in IP6?

Barking is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the IP6 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the IP6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barking within IP6
Location of Barking within IP6

What is the post town for Barking?

The post town for Barking is Ipswich. Barking is in the IP6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ipswich.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barking?

The centre of Barking is located at position 52.1346° latitude and 1.02013° longitude.

Latitude52.1346°
Longitude1.02013°

What is the easting and northing of Barking?

The centre of Barking is located at the grid reference easting 606790 and northing 252779 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting606790
Northing252779

What are the nearest towns to Barking?

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

south-west
2m
Barking is 2 miles south-west of Needham Market
south
4m
Barking is 4 miles south of Stowmarket
north
7m
Barking is 7 miles north of Hadleigh
north-west
8m
Barking is 8 miles north-west of Ipswich
north-west
10m
Barking is 10 miles north-west of Kesgrave
north-east
12m
Barking is 12 miles north-east of Acton
west
13m
Barking is 13 miles west of Woodbridge
north
13m
Barking is 13 miles north of Manningtree
north-east
14m
Barking is 14 miles north-east of Sudbury
south
14m
Barking is 14 miles south of Eye

What are the nearest cities to Barking?

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

north
18m
Barking is 18 miles north of Colchester
north-east
36m
Barking is 36 miles north-east of Chelmsford
south
36m
Barking is 36 miles south of Norwich
south-east
37m
Barking is 37 miles south-east of Ely
east
39m
Barking is 39 miles east of Cambridge
north
43m
Barking is 43 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
north
59m
Barking is 59 miles north of Canterbury
south-east
61m
Barking is 61 miles south-east of Peterborough
north-east
64m
Barking is 64 miles north-east of St Albans
north-east
64m
Barking is 64 miles north-east of City of London