The counties around Cambridgeshire are Lincolnshire to the north , Norfolk to the northeast , Suffolk to the east , Essex and Hertfordshire to the south , and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west . is a county in England , bordering Lincolnshire to the north , Norfolk to the northeast , Suffolk to the east , Essex and Hertfordshire to the south , and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west .