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Where is Somersham?

Somersham is located in the county of Suffolk, Eastern England, four miles south of the town of Needham Market, five miles north-west of the major town of Ipswich, and 64 miles north-east of London. Somersham falls within the district council of Mid Suffolk, under the county council of Suffolk. It is in the IP8 postcode district. The post town for Somersham is Ipswich.

Somersham on a map

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

Which county is Somersham in?

Somersham 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 Somersham in Suffolk?

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

Map showing location of Somersham within Suffolk
Location of Somersham within Suffolk

What is the postcode for Somersham?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Somersham is IP8 4QB.

Where is Somersham in IP8?

Somersham is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the IP8 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the IP8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Somersham within IP8
Location of Somersham within IP8

What is the post town for Somersham?

The post town for Somersham is Ipswich. Somersham is in the IP8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Ipswich.

What is the latitude and longitude of Somersham?

The centre of Somersham is located at position 52.09677° latitude and 1.0438° longitude.

Latitude52.09677°
Longitude1.0438°

What is the easting and northing of Somersham?

The centre of Somersham is located at the grid reference easting 608587 and northing 248641 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting608587
Northing248641

What are the nearest towns to Somersham?

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

south
4m
Somersham is 4 miles south of Needham Market
north-east
5m
Somersham is 5 miles north-east of Hadleigh
north-west
5m
Somersham is 5 miles north-west of Ipswich
south
7m
Somersham is 7 miles south of Stowmarket
west
9m
Somersham is 9 miles west of Kesgrave
north
11m
Somersham is 11 miles north of Manningtree
west
12m
Somersham is 12 miles west of Woodbridge
east
12m
Somersham is 12 miles east of Acton
east
14m
Somersham is 14 miles east of Sudbury
west
14m
Somersham is 14 miles west of Wickham Market

What are the nearest cities to Somersham?

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

north
16m
Somersham is 16 miles north of Colchester
north-east
35m
Somersham is 35 miles north-east of Chelmsford
south
38m
Somersham is 38 miles south of Norwich
south-east
39m
Somersham is 39 miles south-east of Ely
east
40m
Somersham is 40 miles east of Cambridge
north
41m
Somersham is 41 miles north of Southend-on-Sea
north
57m
Somersham is 57 miles north of Canterbury
north-east
63m
Somersham is 63 miles north-east of City of London
south-east
64m
Somersham is 64 miles south-east of Peterborough
north-east
64m
Somersham is 64 miles north-east of St Albans