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  1. Histon

Where is Histon?

Histon is located in the county of Cambridgeshire, Eastern England, three miles north of the major city of Cambridge, and 52 miles north of London. Histon falls within the district council of South Cambridgeshire, under the county council of Cambridgeshire. It is in the CB24 postcode district. The post town for Histon is Cambridge.

Histon on a map

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

Which county is Histon in?

Histon is in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, the historic county of Cambridgeshire, and the administrative county of Cambridgeshire.

Ceremonial CountyCambridgeshire
Historic CountyCambridgeshire
Administrative CountyCambridgeshire

Where is Histon in Cambridgeshire?

Histon is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Cambridgeshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Cambridgeshire.

Map showing location of Histon within Cambridgeshire
Location of Histon within Cambridgeshire

What is the postcode for Histon?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Histon is CB24 9LG.

Where is Histon in CB24?

Histon is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the CB24 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the CB24 postcode district.

Map showing location of Histon within CB24
Location of Histon within CB24

What is the post town for Histon?

The post town for Histon is Cambridge. Histon is in the CB24 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Cambridge.

What is the latitude and longitude of Histon?

The centre of Histon is located at position 52.25176° latitude and 0.10652° longitude.

Latitude52.25176°
Longitude0.10652°

What is the easting and northing of Histon?

The centre of Histon is located at the grid reference easting 543894 and northing 263599 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting543894
Northing263599

What are the nearest towns to Histon?

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

south-east
9m
Histon is 9 miles south-east of St Ives
south-west
11m
Histon is 11 miles south-west of Soham
west
13m
Histon is 13 miles west of Newmarket
east
13m
Histon is 13 miles east of Godmanchester
east
13m
Histon is 13 miles east of Huntingdon
south
14m
Histon is 14 miles south of Chatteris
north
15m
Histon is 15 miles north of Royston
east
16m
Histon is 16 miles east of St Neots
north-east
16m
Histon is 16 miles north-east of Potton
south-east
16m
Histon is 16 miles south-east of Ramsey

What are the nearest cities to Histon?

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

north
3m
Histon is 3 miles north of Cambridge
south-west
12m
Histon is 12 miles south-west of Ely
south-east
27m
Histon is 27 miles south-east of Peterborough
north-west
39m
Histon is 39 miles north-west of Chelmsford
north-east
39m
Histon is 39 miles north-east of Milton Keynes
north-east
39m
Histon is 39 miles north-east of St Albans
north-west
42m
Histon is 42 miles north-west of Colchester
north
52m
Histon is 52 miles north of City of London
north
52m
Histon is 52 miles north of London
north
53m
Histon is 53 miles north of City of Westminster

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