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Where is Barrow?

Barrow is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, six miles west of the town of Bury St Edmunds, 20 miles east of the major city of Cambridge, and 59 miles north-east of London. Barrow lies three miles east of the Cambridgeshire border. Barrow falls within the district council of West Suffolk, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the IP29 postcode district. The post town for Barrow is Bury St. Edmunds.

Barrow on a map

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

Which county is Barrow in?

Barrow 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 Barrow in Suffolk?

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

Map showing location of Barrow within Suffolk
Location of Barrow within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Barrow?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barrow is IP29 5AA.

Where is Barrow in IP29?

Barrow is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the IP29 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the IP29 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barrow within IP29
Location of Barrow within IP29

What is the post town for Barrow?

The post town for Barrow is Bury St. Edmunds. Barrow is in the IP29 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bury St. Edmunds.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at position 52.24113° latitude and 0.58317° longitude.

Latitude52.24113°
Longitude0.58317°

What is the easting and northing of Barrow?

The centre of Barrow is located at the grid reference easting 576469 and northing 263470 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting576469
Northing263470

What are the nearest towns to Barrow?

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

west
6m
Barrow is 6 miles west of Bury St Edmunds
east
8m
Barrow is 8 miles east of Newmarket
south-east
8m
Barrow is 8 miles south-east of Mildenhall
north
11m
Barrow is 11 miles north of Clare
south-east
12m
Barrow is 12 miles south-east of Soham
north-east
13m
Barrow is 13 miles north-east of Haverhill
south-west
14m
Barrow is 14 miles south-west of Thetford
north-west
14m
Barrow is 14 miles north-west of Acton
south
14m
Barrow is 14 miles south of Brandon
north-west
15m
Barrow is 15 miles north-west of Sudbury

What are the nearest cities to Barrow?

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

south-east
17m
Barrow is 17 miles south-east of Ely
east
20m
Barrow is 20 miles east of Cambridge
north-west
28m
Barrow is 28 miles north-west of Colchester
north
35m
Barrow is 35 miles north of Chelmsford
south-west
40m
Barrow is 40 miles south-west of Norwich
south-east
42m
Barrow is 42 miles south-east of Peterborough
north
49m
Barrow is 49 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
north-east
52m
Barrow is 52 miles north-east of St Albans
north-east
58m
Barrow is 58 miles north-east of City of London
east
59m
Barrow is 59 miles east of Milton Keynes

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