Traditional county: Bedfordshire · Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Ireland, Bedfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ireland 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 | Ireland |
| Traditional County | Bedfordshire |
| Unitary Authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.060682 |
| Longitude | -0.347572 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ireland, a hamlet in Bedfordshire, offers a quiet contemplation of the English countryside. It lies 2.6 km north-north-west of Shefford (from Shefford: bearing 339°T, OS grid TL 133 415), and is situated west-south-west of Southill village. The land around Ireland gently slopes, hinting at the subtle contours that define this eastern region, where the soil, rich and dark, yields to the plough in broad, patient sweeps. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and elder, trace the boundaries of fields, their branches a dark lace against the often luminous sky. There is a sense of enduring agriculture here, a quiet continuation of the labours that have shaped this landscape for generations, where the air carries the faint, sweet scent of turned earth and distant livestock.
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Explore Ireland, 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: 52.060682, -0.347572. 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. |