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Clayhithe Cambridgeshire Map

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

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

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PlaceClayhithe
Traditional CountyCambridgeshire
District / BoroughSouth Cambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.256828
Longitude0.199201
Place TypeHamlet

About Clayhithe

Clayhithe marks a quiet confluence where the Cam flows with a heavy, deliberate stillness through the flat lands of the Cambridgeshire fens. It lies 4.9 miles north-east of Cambridge (from Cambridge: bearing 43°T, OS grid TL 502 643), and is situated south-south-east of Waterbeach village. The light here catches the reeds in long, amber streaks, illuminating the low horizon where the sky seems to hold more weight than the earth itself. Traces of ancient industry linger nearby, where the earthworks of the Car Dyke cut a deliberate, straight line through the soil, a shadow of Roman engineering that still disrupts the modern field boundaries. Just a short distance away, the site of Waterbeach Abbey remains as a hallowed, open space, its former grandeur now dissolved into the quiet hum of grass and wind. Clayhithe maintains a singular character defined by the river’s edge, where the water reflects the shifting grey of the clouds and the rhythmic passing of narrowboats. The air carries a crisp, damp scent, a mixture of silt and distant pasture, grounding the hamlet in a landscape that resists the frantic pace of the nearby university city. In this corner of the county, the horizon remains unobstructed, allowing the seasonal cycles to dictate the mood of the fields and the depth of the shadows across the towpath.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Waterbeach Abbey (Site Of) (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 332° NNW · 4 ha
  • Car Dyke (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 287° WNW · 4 ha
  • Horningsea Kilns, Site Of (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 203° SSW · 2 ha
  • The Green (Park) — 0.7 mi, 335° NNW
  • Waterbeach Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.7 mi, 331° NNW
  • Bottisham Lock (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 027° NNE
  • Bottisham Lode (River) — 1.2 mi, 090° E
  • Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.2 mi, 340° NNW
  • Millennium Green (Park) — 1.3 mi, 202° SSW
  • Stow-Cum-Quy Fen Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 142° SE · 30 ha
  • Memorial to William Ison (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 144° SE
  • Baits Bite Lock (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 217° SW
  • Dickerson's Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 224° SW
  • Todd's Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 229° SW
  • Thirteenth Public Drain (River) — 2.0 mi, 216° SW
  • Lode water mill (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 123° ESE
  • The Wild Place (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 228° SW
  • Anglesey Abbey (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 128° SE
  • Chesterton Fen (Wetland) — 2.3 mi, 214° SW
  • Denny Abbey and Farmland Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 348° NNW
  • Long Reach (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 210° SSW
  • medieval village (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 124° SE
  • Wilbraham Fens Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.4 mi, 164° SSE · 62 ha
  • Swaffham Bulbeck Benedictine Priory (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 101° E
  • Swaffham Prior House (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.8 mi, 096° E · 60 ha
  • Windmill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.9 mi, 111° ESE
  • Bottisham Airfield Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 135° SE
  • Cambridge Museum of Technology (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 218° SW
  • Church Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.0 mi, 082° E
  • SUSTRANS sculpture (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 060° ENE

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About This Clayhithe Map Page

Explore Clayhithe, 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: 52.256828, 0.199201. 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.