Higham
Higham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in the east of England. Located midway between Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket, in 2005 its population was 140.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 154 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in West Suffolk, Suffolk, England
- Also known as: “Higham Green”, “Higham, Forest Heath”, “Higham, Suffolk”, and “Higham, West Suffolk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of All Saints and Denham Castle.
Denham Castle
Ruins
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denham Castle, also known as Castle Holes, is a medieval motte and bailey castle near the village of Gazeley, Suffolk, England. The castle was also known as Desning Castle at the time of building and occupation. Denham Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Higham.
Church of St Mary, Dalham
Church
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Dalham is situated 2½ miles southwest of Higham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barrow and Gazeley.
Barrow
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrow is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles west of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or wood, hill or mound. Barrow is situated 1½ miles southeast of Higham.
Gazeley
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gazeley is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England and is part of the West Suffolk UK Parliament constituency. Gazeley is situated 2 miles southwest of Higham.
Denham
Village
Denham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around five miles west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2005 its population was 170, increasing to 171 at the 2011 Census. Denham is situated 2 miles south of Higham.
Higham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Higham, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.26055° or 52° 15′ 38″ northLongitude
0.55602° or 0° 33′ 22″ eastPopulation
154Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
9F427H64+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 268833602OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646986Wikidata ID
Q1920573
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Higham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Higham”
- Chinese: “Higham”
- Dutch: “Higham”
- French: “Higham”
- Irish: “Higham”
- Italian: “Higham”
- Japanese: “ハイアム”
- Ladin: “Higham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Higham (Forest Heath)”
- Persian: “هایهم، فارست هیث”
- Polish: “Higham”
- Swedish: “Higham (parish i Storbritannien, Suffolk, lat 52,27, long 0,57)”
- Swedish: “Higham, West Suffolk”
- Swedish: “Higham”
- Turkish: “Higham, West Suffolk”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Higham”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.