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Where is Melbourn?

Melbourn is located in the county of Cambridgeshire, Eastern England, three miles north-east of the town of Royston, ten miles south-west of the major city of Cambridge, and 40 miles north of London. Melbourn lies two miles north-east of the Hertfordshire border. Melbourn falls within the district council of South Cambridgeshire, under the county council of Cambridgeshire. It is in the SG8 postcode district. The post town for Melbourn is Royston.

Melbourn on a map

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

Which county is Melbourn in?

Melbourn 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 Melbourn in Cambridgeshire?

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

Map showing location of Melbourn within Cambridgeshire
Location of Melbourn within Cambridgeshire

What is the postcode for Melbourn?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Melbourn is SG8 6AA.

Where is Melbourn in SG8?

Melbourn is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the SG8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the SG8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Melbourn within SG8
Location of Melbourn within SG8

What is the post town for Melbourn?

The post town for Melbourn is Royston. Melbourn is in the SG8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Royston.

What is the latitude and longitude of Melbourn?

The centre of Melbourn is located at position 52.08285° latitude and 0.01504° longitude.

Latitude52.08285°
Longitude0.01504°

What is the easting and northing of Melbourn?

The centre of Melbourn is located at the grid reference easting 538172 and northing 244637 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting538172
Northing244637

What are the nearest towns to Melbourn?

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

north-east
3m
Melbourn is 3 miles north-east of Royston
north
10m
Melbourn is 10 miles north of Buntingford
east
10m
Melbourn is 10 miles east of Potton
west
11m
Melbourn is 11 miles west of Saffron Walden
north-east
11m
Melbourn is 11 miles north-east of Baldock
north-east
12m
Melbourn is 12 miles north-east of Stotfold
east
12m
Melbourn is 12 miles east of Biggleswade
north-east
13m
Melbourn is 13 miles north-east of Letchworth
east
13m
Melbourn is 13 miles east of Sandy
north-west
15m
Melbourn is 15 miles north-west of Stansted Mountfitchet

What are the nearest cities to Melbourn?

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

south-west
10m
Melbourn is 10 miles south-west of Cambridge
south-west
24m
Melbourn is 24 miles south-west of Ely
north-east
27m
Melbourn is 27 miles north-east of St Albans
north-west
31m
Melbourn is 31 miles north-west of Chelmsford
east
33m
Melbourn is 33 miles east of Milton Keynes
south
36m
Melbourn is 36 miles south of Peterborough
north
40m
Melbourn is 40 miles north of City of London
west
40m
Melbourn is 40 miles west of Colchester
north
40m
Melbourn is 40 miles north of London
north
41m
Melbourn is 41 miles north of City of Westminster

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