Balsham
Balsham is a rural village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England, which has much expanded since the 1960s and is now one of several dormitory settlements of Cambridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,630 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in the county of Cambridgeshire, England
- Also known as: “Balsham, Cambridgeshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Black Bull Inn and Church of St Andrew.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 1½ miles northeast of Balsham.
Rivey Hill
Peak
Rivey Hill is a hill overlooking Linton in Cambridgeshire, England. At 367 feet it is the highest point for several miles around. The hill has a steep slope leading down to Linton and a prominence of 69 feet. Rivey Hill is situated 2 miles southwest of Balsham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Wratting and West Wickham.
West Wratting
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Wratting is a village and civil parish 10 miles southeast of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. At 390 feet above sea level, it can claim to be one of the highest villages in Cambridgeshire.
West Wickham
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Wickham is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 10 miles south-east of Cambridge on the border with Suffolk. In 2011 it had a population of 423. West Wickham is situated 2 miles southeast of Balsham.
Weston Colville
Village
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston Colville is a village in South Cambridgeshire, England. The village is close to the border with Suffolk, 10 miles southeast of Cambridge and 6 miles south of Newmarket. Weston Colville is situated 2½ miles east of Balsham.
Balsham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Balsham, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1327° or 52° 7′ 58″ northLongitude
0.31533° or 0° 18′ 55″ eastPopulation
1,630Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
9F4248M8+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 21030773OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656433Wikidata ID
Q4852574
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Balsham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلشم”
- Basque: “Balsham”
- Cebuano: “Balsham”
- Chinese: “Balsham”
- Dutch: “Balsham”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلشم”
- French: “Balsham”
- German: “Balsham”
- Irish: “Balsham”
- Italian: “Balsham”
- Ladin: “Balsham”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balsham”
- Persian: “بالشام”
- Polish: “Balsham”
- Spanish: “Balsham”
- Swedish: “Balsham”
- Turkish: “Balsham”
- Welsh: “Balsham”
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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 “Balsham”. Photo: Simon Judd, CC BY-SA 2.0.