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Caxton Cambridgeshire Map

Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: South Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern

Explore Caxton, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Caxton 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.

Interactive Map of Caxton, Cambridgeshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.

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PlaceCaxton
Traditional CountyCambridgeshire
District / BoroughSouth Cambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.209230
Longitude-0.094232
Place TypeVillage

About Caxton

Caxton holds a quiet authority over the flat, expansive plains of South Cambridgeshire, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the sky. It lies 7.5 miles east of St Neots (from St Neots: bearing 100°T, OS grid TL 303 584), and is situated west-south-west of Cambourne village. The landscape here feels ancient and patient, marked by the slow, silver turnings of the Eastern Brook as it wanders through the damp earth. A short distance away, the grass-covered humps of the Caxton Moats remain as a silent, submerged record of medieval life, holding the rain in dark, reflective basins. Sunlight often catches the low-lying fields with a sharp, clear intensity that defines the edges of every hedge and fence. Travellers once paused here in abundance, drawn by the coaching inns that served the heavy traffic of the old road, though today the pace has retreated into a more private, watchful stillness. The air carries a slight, clean sharpness from the nearby water, grounding the surroundings in the simple reality of clay and silt. Even now, the memory of those bustling travellers lingers in the architecture, marking Caxton as a place that has seen the world pass by while remaining firmly rooted in its own quiet rhythm.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Haydean (River) — 0.3 mi, 255° WSW
  • Eastern Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 288° WNW
  • Caxton Moats: A Medieval Moated Site And Associated Fishponds And Warren, 750M North West Of Caxton Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 283° WNW · 4 ha
  • Redgrave Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 062° ENE
  • Bourn Windmill (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 120° ESE
  • Lake Ewart (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 060° ENE
  • Moated Site At Pastures Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 324° NW · 3 ha
  • Flight (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 059° ENE
  • Sirius Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 079° E
  • Longstowe Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.8 mi, 174° S · 67 ha
  • Bourn Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 151° SSE · 23 ha
  • The Green (Park) — 2.1 mi, 293° WNW
  • Elsworth Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 019° NNE · 7 ha
  • Wysing Arts Centre (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 151° SSE
  • New Barns Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 2.7 mi, 092° E
  • Papworth Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.8 mi, 347° NNW · 9 ha
  • Croxton Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.1 mi, 283° WNW · 126 ha
  • Cat-Tails Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.4 mi, 262° W
  • Bullby Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.2 mi, 245° WSW
  • The Belts (Forest / Woodland) — 4.2 mi, 153° SSE
  • Greenwich Meridian Line (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 112° ESE
  • Wimpole's Folly (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 155° SSE
  • Waresley Park Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 4.6 mi, 239° WSW
  • Hilton Turf Maze and Sparrows Monument (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 354° N
  • Home Farm (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 154° SSE
  • Wimpole Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 5.1 mi, 158° SSE
  • Meridian Marker (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 131° SE
  • Village Garden (Park) — 5.4 mi, 164° SSE
  • American Military Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 6.4 mi, 085° E · 12 ha
  • St Neots Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 280° W

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About This Caxton Map Page

Explore Caxton, Cambridgeshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.209230, -0.094232. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.