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Orton Wistow Cambridgeshire Map

Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · Unitary authority: City of Peterborough · Region: Eastern

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

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PlaceOrton Wistow
Traditional CountyCambridgeshire
Unitary AuthorityCity of Peterborough
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.554803
Longitude-0.313331
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Orton Wistow

Orton Wistow mirrors the quiet temperament of the Cambridgeshire plains, where the low horizon drinks the gold of the waning sun. It lies 3.2 miles west-south-west of Peterborough (from Peterborough: bearing 248°T, OS grid TL 144 965), and is situated north-east of Chesterton village. The wind here carries the scent of damp earth and river reed, travelling from the nearby waters of Ferry Meadows Country Park to stir the orderly hedges of the local gardens. Orton Wistow maintains a stillness that defies the restless pulse of its larger neighbour, favouring the slow migration of birds over the clamour of industry. To the north, the ancient earthworks of the Lynch Farm Complex remain as silent, grass-grown witnesses to a landscape long inhabited. The light in this corner of the county often gathers with a singular, heavy clarity, casting long shadows that sharpen the edges of brick and slate. Time here is measured not by the clock, but by the lengthening of shadows across the quiet lanes and the seasonal shift of the canopy. Residents of Orton Wistow find their daily rhythm punctuated by the expansive, open skies that define this part of the Eastern region.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Designed Landscape Of The Pearl Centre (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.2 mi, 266° W · 10 ha
  • Round Barrow Cemetery 330M East Of Linden Lea (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 140° SE
  • Lynch Farm Complex (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 015° NNE · 43 ha
  • The Sentinel (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 032° NNE
  • Settlement W Of Boathouse, River Nene (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 305° NW
  • Roman Barn (Historic Ruins) — 0.7 mi, 022° NNE
  • Ferry Meadows Country Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 026° NNE
  • Overton Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 029° NNE
  • Lynch Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 015° NNE
  • Gunwade Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 003° N
  • Orton Dyke (River) — 0.9 mi, 059° ENE
  • Mill Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 301° WNW
  • Love's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 327° NNW
  • Castor Linch (River) — 1.2 mi, 287° WNW
  • Castor Flood Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.3 mi, 287° WNW · 42 ha
  • Nene Park (Park) — 1.4 mi, 065° ENE
  • Longthorpe Tower (Castle) — 1.6 mi, 045° NE
  • Hedge Circle (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 118° ESE
  • Orton Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 137° SE · 146 ha
  • Milton Park (Forest / Woodland) — 2.0 mi, 010° N
  • Milton Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.0 mi, 013° NNE · 355 ha
  • Thorpe Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.1 mi, 056° NE · 32 ha
  • The Cresset (Theatre) — 2.7 mi, 027° NNE
  • Railworld (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 071° ENE
  • Sibson Lake (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 285° WNW
  • Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 068° ENE
  • Key Theatre (Theatre) — 3.3 mi, 073° ENE
  • Norman Cross (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 165° SSE
  • Spire (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 044° NE
  • Travelling Post Office Apparatus (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 278° W

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About This Orton Wistow Map Page

Explore Orton Wistow, 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: 52.554803, -0.313331. 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.