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Barley Hertfordshire Map

Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: North Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern

Explore Barley, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Barley 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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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Barley, Hertfordshire, 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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PlaceBarley
Traditional CountyHertfordshire
District / BoroughNorth Hertfordshire
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.030365
Longitude0.038569
Place TypeVillage

About Barley

Chalky ridges and open, expansive skies define the high ground that Barley occupies in the North Hertfordshire landscape. It lies 2.8 miles east-south-east of Royston (from Royston: bearing 116°T, OS grid TL 399 388), and is situated west of Great Chishill village. Barley maintains a quiet gravity, its brick and timber structures holding fast against the winds that sweep across the plateau from the north-east. To the north, the water at Newhill Pond catches the pale, thin light of winter afternoons, mirroring the stark outlines of the surrounding fields. History lingers in the local architecture, including the small, sturdy Barley Lock-Up, a reminder of the days when local order was maintained in a more immediate, physical fashion. The land rises toward the horizon, where the modest elevation of Standard Hill anchors the southern view, separating the village from the deeper plains beyond. Life here follows the slow, seasonal turn of the agricultural year, echoing the rhythms of the farmers who have worked these flint-strewn soils for generations. Barley remains a place of sharp contours and sudden silences, where the vastness of the heavens feels closer than in the sheltered valleys below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • New Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 047° NE
  • Barley Lock-Up (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 170° S
  • Newhill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 032° NNE
  • Broadmoor Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 353° N
  • Standard Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 141° SE
  • Cumberton Bottom (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 032° NNE
  • Springfield Style Enclosure, Three Bowl Barrows And Two Pond Barrows On Whiteley Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 278° W · 3 ha
  • Cokenach (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.7 mi, 192° SSW · 96 ha
  • Prehistoric Barrow Cemetery And Cross Dyke In Five Hill Field, 290M South West Of Heath Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 331° NNW · 3 ha
  • Wood Green Animal Shelter (Heydon) (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 078° ENE
  • New Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 146° SSE
  • The Crossalmerode Garden (Park) — 2.7 mi, 297° WNW
  • The Priory Memorial Gardens (Park) — 2.7 mi, 295° WNW
  • Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Memorial (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 295° WNW
  • Royston Picture Palace (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 297° WNW
  • Chrishall Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.9 mi, 084° E
  • Royston and District Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 296° WNW
  • Holland Hall (Melbourn) Railway Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.3 mi, 321° NW · 3 ha
  • Scales Park (Forest / Woodland) — 3.5 mi, 161° SSE
  • River Stort (River) — 3.6 mi, 141° SE
  • River Mel (River) — 3.8 mi, 342° NNW
  • Therfield Heath Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.9 mi, 281° W · 146 ha
  • St Dunstan's Church (Historic Ruins) — 4.0 mi, 093° E
  • Fowlmere (Wetland) — 4.1 mi, 009° N
  • Site of Therfield castle (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 257° WSW
  • The Round Moat (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 021° NNE
  • Kelshall cross (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 252° WSW
  • Bassingbourn Dry Ski Slope (Attraction) — 5.7 mi, 317° NW
  • American Air Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 041° NE
  • British Airliner Collection (Museum) — 5.8 mi, 041° NE

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About This Barley Map Page

Explore Barley, Hertfordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.030365, 0.038569. 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.