Traditional county: Hertfordshire · District / Borough: North Hertfordshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Whitwell, Hertfordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Whitwell 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 | Whitwell |
| Traditional County | Hertfordshire |
| District / Borough | North Hertfordshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.876365 |
| Longitude | -0.281889 |
| Place Type | Village |
Whitwell, a quiet Hertfordshire parish, offers a gentle landscape of rolling fields. It lies 6.3 km west-south-west of Stevenage (from Stevenage: bearing 243°T, OS grid TL 183 211), and is situated north-north-east of Kimpton village. The air here often carries a subtle, earthy scent, a quiet reminder of the agricultural heart that has long sustained Whitwell, its soil yielding to the seasons with reliable generosity. The parish church, a modest but steadfast edifice, stands as a serene sentinel, its stone worn smooth by countless years of contemplation and the passing of generations. Life in Whitwell unfolds with a pleasing deliberation, much like the slow meandering of a nearby brook, its surface reflecting the soft, ever-changing light of the English sky.
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Explore Whitwell, 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: 51.876365, -0.281889. 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. |