Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: East Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Cradle End, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cradle End 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 Cradle End, 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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| Place | Cradle End |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | East Hertfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.876868 |
| Longitude | 0.117511 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cradle End reveals itself through the low, flat horizons of Hertfordshire where the sky claims more territory than the earth below. It lies 1.9 miles west-north-west of Bishop's Stortford (from Bishop's Stortford: bearing 283°T, OS grid TL 458 219), and is situated east-north-east of Bury Green village. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, quiet stillness that seems to gather in the hollows of the fields. Only a short distance away, the Cradle End Brook marks the land with a silver thread, carving a narrow path that draws the light down toward the water’s edge. Beyond the immediate pastures, the earth rises toward the Moated Mound, a silent rise of ground that holds the weight of centuries without speaking a word of its origins. The air across Cradle End carries the faint, sharp scent of turned soil and damp flint, a reminder of the agricultural bones beneath the surface. Winter evenings bring a peculiar clarity to the surroundings, sharpening the silhouettes of distant hedgerows against a bruised, violet dusk. This corner of the world remains stubbornly apart from the frantic pace of the nearby market towns, preferring the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons.
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Explore Cradle End, 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: 51.876868, 0.117511. 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. |