Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: South Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Gamlingay Great Heath, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gamlingay Great Heath 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 Gamlingay Great Heath, 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 | Gamlingay Great Heath |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | South Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.149693 |
| Longitude | -0.224759 |
| Place Type | Village |
Gamlingay Great Heath emerges from the flat, open expanses of South Cambridgeshire as a distinctive stretch of sandy soil and low-growing flora. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-west of Potton (from Potton: bearing 343°T, OS grid TL 215 516), and is situated east-north-east of Everton village. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, allowing the pale light of the East Anglian sky to wash over the ground with a clarity that renders every blade of grass sharp and deliberate. To the west, the ancient, water-softened earth of the Storey Moats provides a quiet counterpoint to the dry, heathery expanse of the main terrain. Gamlingay Great Heath retains a sense of seclusion, where the wind moves with an audible sigh through the gorse and bracken that have long colonised this sandy ridge. Further afield, the preserved reaches of Gamlingay Wood offer a dense, shadowed contrast to the exposed brightness of the heath itself. These open tracts remain a rare remnant of a landscape that once defined much of the surrounding parish, holding onto a wild, uncultivated character that defies the encroaching neatness of modern agriculture. The persistent, earthy scent of damp soil and ancient pine lingers in the air, grounding the visitor in a place where the passage of time is measured by the slow, seasonal shifts of the wild grasses.
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Explore Gamlingay Great Heath, 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: 52.149693, -0.224759. 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. |