Traditional county: Bedfordshire · Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Broom, Bedfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broom map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Broom |
| Traditional County | Bedfordshire |
| Unitary Authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.072913 |
| Longitude | -0.291673 |
| Place Type | Village |
Broom, a quiet corner of Bedfordshire, breathes with a subtle, enduring grace. It lies 2.5 km south-west of Biggleswade (from Biggleswade: bearing 231°T, OS grid TL 171 429), and is situated north-north-east of Stanford village. The land around Broom, a gentle sweep of arable fields, often catches the low afternoon sun, casting long shadows that lend a painterly quality to the hedgerows. A sense of quiet industry pervades, the earth yielding its bounty under a sky that can shift from a pale, washed blue to a dramatic expanse of bruised cloud. The village itself, a collection of homes gathered around a modest church, feels like a place where time has settled, not stagnated, allowing the seasons to paint their slow, familiar picture. Here, the air carries the faint, earthy scent of freshly ploughed soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that continues to beat.
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Explore Broom, Bedfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.072913, -0.291673. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |