Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: Stevenage · Region: Eastern
Explore Old Town, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Town 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 | Old Town |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | Stevenage |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.915596 |
| Longitude | -0.208853 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Old Town carries the quiet dignity of a place that has witnessed centuries unfurl, its lanes winding with a certain old-world grace. It lies 1.6 km north-north-west of Stevenage (from Stevenage: bearing 339°T, OS grid TL 232 256). The air here often holds a peculiar stillness, a gentle hush that seems to absorb the distant hum of modern life, allowing the soft murmur of the wind through ancient oaks to take precedence. The heart of Old Town beats around its market square, where the echoes of generations of traders linger, and the worn cobblestones gleam with a faint, pearlescent sheen after a summer shower. Its historic buildings, with their weathered brickwork and proud, gabled roofs, stand as silent storytellers, their windows catching the afternoon sun like eyes that have seen much and remember it all. Even the church spire, a slender finger pointing towards the vast Hertfordshire sky, seems to hum with a low, resonant frequency, a subtle vibration that connects the present to the past.
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Explore Old Town, 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: 51.915596, -0.208853. 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. |