Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: South Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fen Drayton 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fen Drayton, 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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| Place | Fen Drayton |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | South Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.297680 |
| Longitude | -0.041482 |
| Place Type | Village |
Fen Drayton occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the South Cambridgeshire landscape where the horizon seems to pull the wide sky down to meet the earth. It lies 2.3 miles south-east of St Ives (from St Ives: bearing 143°T, OS grid TL 336 684), and is situated east of Fenstanton village. The horizon here is dominated by the silvered surfaces of the nearby Springhill Lagoon, which reflects the shifting, pale light of the fens with a clarity that renders the clouds twice as vast. Beyond the quiet lanes, the land retains the memory of its industrial past, scarred and reshaped by the gravel workings that once defined the local economy. Fen Drayton holds a particular stillness on autumn afternoons, when the air grows thin and the damp scent of the water edges into the gardens. A short distance to the north, the Low Hill Bowl Barrow sits as a silent, earthen anchor in the fields, a reminder of the ancient people who walked these same heavy soils. The low, horizontal lines of the architecture here suggest a place comfortable with its own modesty, unbothered by the frantic pace of the outside world. Residents often find their gaze drawn toward the water, where the reeds sway in a rhythmic, whispered dialogue with the wind. Fen Drayton remains a quiet sentinel of the flatlands, defined more by the quality of its light than by any grand monument or pretension.
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Explore Fen Drayton, 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: 52.297680, -0.041482. 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 | August 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. |