Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: East Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Whempstead, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whempstead 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 | Whempstead |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | East Hertfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.873997 |
| Longitude | -0.087578 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Whempstead rests in the gentle embrace of Hertfordshire's countryside. It lies 7.6 km north-north-west of Ware (from Ware: bearing 331°T, OS grid TL 317 212), and is situated south-south-east of Burn's Green village. The hamlet's lanes often carry the diffused light of the East Anglian sky, a muted gold that seems to settle on the weathered brickwork of its older dwellings. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, form natural boundaries, hinting at a long agricultural past where the land itself dictated the shape of human habitation. The air here, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant fields, speaks of a quiet persistence, a continuity unbroken by the hurried pace of larger settlements.
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Explore Whempstead, 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: 51.873997, -0.087578. 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. |