Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: Huntingdonshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Holywell, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Holywell 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 | Holywell |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | Huntingdonshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.319376 |
| Longitude | -0.037120 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sunlight, when it finds Holywell, seems to linger, catching the soft, weathered brickwork and warming the edges of the village green. It lies 2.6 km east-south-east of St Ives (from St Ives: bearing 101°T, OS grid TL 338 708), and is situated south-south-west of Needingworth village. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of the surrounding fenland, a whisper of the ancient waterways that once shaped this landscape. The parish church, St James, stands with a quiet dignity, its stone a testament to generations of watchful care. A sense of enduring peace permeates Holywell, a place where the hurried world feels a distant echo. Indeed, the very stillness of the place invites contemplation, a gentle pause in the onward march of days.
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Explore Holywell, 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: 52.319376, -0.037120. 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. |