Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: Welwyn Hatfield · Region: Eastern
Explore Northaw Valley, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Northaw Valley 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 | Northaw Valley |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.691950 |
| Longitude | -0.137958 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Northaw Valley carries the quietude of a place content with its own boundaries. It lies 3.9 km east of Potters Bar (from Potters Bar: bearing 95°T, OS grid TL 288 008), and is situated south-south-east of Northaw village. The land here, a gentle rise and fall, offers glimpses of distant woodlands, their greens deepening with the afternoon light. Farms, some with the weathered charm of generations, punctuate the landscape, their fields stretching out under the wide Hertfordshire sky. A sense of enduring calm pervades Northaw Valley, as if time itself moves at a more measured pace, dictated by the turning seasons rather than the hurried demands of the outside world. The air often carries the faint scent of damp earth and the distant hum of agricultural machinery, a quiet testament to the enduring connection to the land.
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Explore Northaw Valley, 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: 51.691950, -0.137958. 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. |