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Where is King's Lynn?

King's Lynn is located in the county of Norfolk, Eastern England, ten miles north of the town of Downham Market, 30 miles north-east of the major city of Peterborough, and 88 miles north of London. King's Lynn lies five miles south-east of the Lincolnshire border. King's Lynn falls within the district council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, under the county council of Norfolk. It is in the PE30 postcode district. The post town for King's Lynn is King's Lynn.

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Map showing extent of King's Lynn as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of King's Lynn
Map showing location of King's Lynn within the UK
Location of King's Lynn within the UK

Which county is King's Lynn in?

King's Lynn 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 King's Lynn in Norfolk?

King's Lynn is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Norfolk, and towards the westernmost extremity of Norfolk.

Map showing location of King's Lynn within Norfolk
Location of King's Lynn within Norfolk

What is the postcode for King's Lynn?

The nearest postcode to the centre of King's Lynn is PE30 5DQ.

Where is King's Lynn in PE30?

King's Lynn is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the PE30 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the PE30 postcode district.

Map showing location of King's Lynn within PE30
Location of King's Lynn within PE30

What is the post town for King's Lynn?

The post town for King's Lynn is King's Lynn. King's Lynn is in the PE30 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of King's Lynn.

What is the latitude and longitude of King's Lynn?

The centre of King's Lynn is located at position 52.75193° latitude and 0.39538° longitude.

Latitude52.75193°
Longitude0.39538°

What is the easting and northing of King's Lynn?

The centre of King's Lynn is located at the grid reference easting 561764 and northing 319837 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting561764
Northing319837

What are the nearest towns to King's Lynn?

Position of King's Lynn relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of King's Lynn to the centre of the town.

north
10m
King's Lynn is 10 miles north of Downham Market
north-east
12m
King's Lynn is 12 miles north-east of Wisbech
east
12m
King's Lynn is 12 miles east of Long Sutton
south
14m
King's Lynn is 14 miles south of Hunstanton
north-west
14m
King's Lynn is 14 miles north-west of Swaffham
north-east
19m
King's Lynn is 19 miles north-east of March
west
20m
King's Lynn is 20 miles west of Fakenham
north-west
22m
King's Lynn is 22 miles north-west of Watton
east
23m
King's Lynn is 23 miles east of Spalding
north-west
23m
King's Lynn is 23 miles north-west of Brandon

What are the nearest cities to King's Lynn?

Position of King's Lynn relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of King's Lynn to the centre of the city.

north
25m
King's Lynn is 25 miles north of Ely
north-east
30m
King's Lynn is 30 miles north-east of Peterborough
west
39m
King's Lynn is 39 miles west of Norwich
north
40m
King's Lynn is 40 miles north of Cambridge
south-east
51m
King's Lynn is 51 miles south-east of Lincoln
north
63m
King's Lynn is 63 miles north of Colchester
east
65m
King's Lynn is 65 miles east of Leicester
east
66m
King's Lynn is 66 miles east of Nottingham
north-east
69m
King's Lynn is 69 miles north-east of Milton Keynes
north
70m
King's Lynn is 70 miles north of Chelmsford

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