Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: East Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Mepal, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mepal 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 Mepal, 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 | Mepal |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | East Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.406168 |
| Longitude | 0.117763 |
| Place Type | Village |
Mepal commands a low, wide horizon where the fenland sky presses heavily against the flat, dark earth. It lies 4.6 miles south-east of Chatteris (from Chatteris: bearing 140°T, OS grid TL 441 807), and is situated north of Sutton village. The light here has a peculiar, scouring quality, sharpening the edges of the Mepal Village Sign that marks the threshold of the road. Beyond the houses, the land slopes gently toward the Gault Hole, where water gathers in the hollows to mirror the shifting clouds of the Eastern region. To the north, the Crooked Drain carves a deliberate, silver line through the fields, draining the soil to sustain the rhythm of local agriculture. History hides in the periphery, marked by the silent, rounded mounds of ancient barrows that rise like forgotten thoughts above the horizon. Mepal remains a place of deep, open perspective, where the wind carries the scent of damp peat and the distant, rhythmic call of birds inhabiting the reed beds.
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Explore Mepal, 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: 52.406168, 0.117763. 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. |