Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: East Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Braughing Friars, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Braughing Friars 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.
| Place | Braughing Friars |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | East Hertfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.901247 |
| Longitude | 0.058215 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Braughing Friars, a quiet hamlet in East Hertfordshire, holds a gentle presence within the rolling landscape. It lies 7.1 km south-east of Buntingford (from Buntingford: bearing 133°T, OS grid TL 417 245), and is situated west of Albury village. The fields surrounding Braughing Friars often catch the low afternoon sun, bathing the hedgerows in a soft, golden light that speaks of enduring agricultural rhythms. Its history is subtly etched into the gentle contours of the land, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this soil. Evidence of its past, perhaps a fragment of ancient track or a weathered boundary stone, might still be discovered by those who wander its lanes with a keen eye. The air here, especially on a clear morning, carries the faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance as old as the hills themselves.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Braughing Friars, 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: 51.901247, 0.058215. 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 | June 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. |