Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: East Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Way Head, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Way Head 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 Way Head, 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 | Way Head |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | East Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.433071 |
| Longitude | 0.186415 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Way Head occupies a thin, persistent sliver of land amidst the expansive, flat horizons of the East Cambridgeshire fens. It lies 4.0 miles north-west of Ely (from Ely: bearing 306°T, OS grid TL 487 839), and is situated north of Coveney village. The horizon here is vast, an immense bowl of sky that dwarfs the low-slung buildings and the quiet, working fields. To the north, the Ouse Washes SSSIs stretch out as a sprawling, watery expanse, acting as a vital, shifting reservoir that dictates the rhythm of the local landscape. The light in Way Head possesses a distinct, pale clarity, catching the edges of the drainage ditches that cut through the dark, peat-heavy earth. Beyond the immediate fields, the modest rise of Little Hill offers a rare vantage point to observe how the water and the sky seem to merge along the distant, hazy perimeter. Life in Way Head remains tethered to this open, exposed geography, where the wind carries the scent of damp soil and the distant, cooling breath of the fens.
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Explore Way Head, 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: 52.433071, 0.186415. 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. |