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Horningsea Cambridgeshire Map

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

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

How to Use This Horningsea, Cambridgeshire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Horningsea, 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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PlaceHorningsea
Traditional CountyCambridgeshire
District / BoroughSouth Cambridgeshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.241622
Longitude0.186174
Place TypeVillage

About Horningsea

Ancient Roman pottery once fired in the kilns of Horningsea continues to offer a silent, earthen testament to the industrial rhythms that shaped this bend in the Cambridgeshire landscape. It lies 3.8 miles north-east of Cambridge (from Cambridge: bearing 48°T, OS grid TL 493 626), and is situated east of Milton village. Sunlight strikes the flat, fertile horizons with a stark clarity that reveals the deep, ochre heritage of the soil, long exploited for its clay. A short walk south-east leads to the Millennium Green, where the grass holds the dew in a fragile, morning stillness that anchors the spirit. The path towards the river eventually meets the quiet, functional grace of Baits Bite Lock, where the water moves with a heavy, deliberate purpose against the sluice gates. Beyond the modern periphery, the remnants of the Horningsea Kilns, Site Of, remain as hummocks in the grass, marking where fire and earth were once mastered by human hands. These low-lying fields possess a certain gravity, a sense that the past is not buried, but merely waiting beneath the surface of the plough. Horningsea retains a spare, open character, defined by the wide sky and the persistent, unadorned presence of the river.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Millennium Green (Park) — 0.1 mi, 144° SE
  • Horningsea (Public Artwork) — 0.1 mi, 191° SSW
  • Multi-Phased Settlement East Of Milton (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 268° W · 8 ha
  • Horningsea Kilns, Site Of (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 033° NNE · 2 ha
  • Baits Bite Lock (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 235° SW
  • Dickerson's Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 247° WSW
  • Thirteenth Public Drain (River) — 0.8 mi, 229° SW
  • Milton Country Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 251° WSW
  • Todd's Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 255° WSW
  • Chesterton Fen (Wetland) — 1.1 mi, 221° SW
  • The Wild Place (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 251° WSW
  • Car Dyke (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 008° N · 4 ha
  • Stow-Cum-Quy Fen Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 087° E · 30 ha
  • Memorial to William Ison (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 094° E
  • Long Reach (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 212° SSW
  • Quy Water (River) — 1.8 mi, 125° SE
  • Bottisham Lock (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 028° NNE
  • The Temple (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 100° E
  • Waterbeach Military Heritage Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 004° N
  • Anglesey Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.3 mi, 103° ESE · 48 ha
  • Wilbraham Fens Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 146° SE · 62 ha
  • Cambridge Museum of Technology (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 222° SW
  • The Centre for Computing History (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 214° SW
  • medieval village (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 104° ESE
  • Mill Road Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.4 mi, 216° SW · 4 ha
  • Mumford Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 220° SW
  • Mill Road Cemetery Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 218° SW
  • Histon Road Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.5 mi, 239° WSW · 1 ha
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.6 mi, 235° SW
  • Rotary Centenary Lamp (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 226° SW

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About This Horningsea Map Page

Explore Horningsea, 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: 52.241622, 0.186174. 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.