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Drayton Lincolnshire Map

Traditional county: Lincolnshire · District / Borough: Boston · Region: East Midlands

Explore Drayton, Lincolnshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Drayton 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.

Interactive Map of Drayton, Lincolnshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Drayton, Lincolnshire, 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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PlaceDrayton
Traditional CountyLincolnshire
District / BoroughBoston
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.937652
Longitude-0.151562
Place TypeVillage

About Drayton

Drayton emerges from the flat, expansive horizons of the Lincolnshire Fens as a quiet assembly of brick and tile, defined by the relentless sweep of the sky above its low-lying fields. It lies 5.8 miles west-south-west of Boston (from Boston: bearing 243°T, OS grid TF 243 394), and is situated south-south-east of Swineshead village. The heavy, dark soil here yields to the rhythms of an agricultural life that has long dictated the pace of the local morning. A short walk toward the north-north-west brings one to the remnants of the Butter Cross, Swineshead, where the weathered stone still anchors the memory of ancient market trade. The light in Drayton possesses a particular clarity, often catching the edges of the nearby Swineshead Abbey site, where the ghosts of monastic foundations rest beneath eight hectares of undisturbed earth. Silence gathers in the spaces between the farmsteads, broken only by the distant, mechanical hum of tractors working the deep, fertile loam. This landscape remains deeply indifferent to the passing of centuries, holding its own counsel amidst the drainage ditches and the vast, unobstructed heavens. Each lane in Drayton serves as a reminder of a geography shaped by the slow, deliberate work of water and the persistent toil of those who have farmed these plains for generations.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Stump Cross (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 317° NW
  • Butter Cross, Swineshead (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 334° NNW
  • Swineshead Abbey (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 030° NNE · 8 ha
  • Manwar Ings (Castle) — 1.0 mi, 002° N
  • Bicker Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 233° SW
  • Old Hammond Beck (River) — 2.8 mi, 058° ENE
  • South Forty Foot Drain (River) — 2.9 mi, 314° NW
  • Matthew Flinders Park (Park) — 3.2 mi, 221° SW
  • Bell Mere Pool (Park) — 3.5 mi, 133° SE
  • Kestral Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.2 mi, 073° ENE
  • Hawk Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 074° ENE
  • Skylark Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 072° ENE
  • Rush Marsh (Wetland) — 4.4 mi, 175° S
  • Gosberton Marsh (Wetland) — 4.8 mi, 163° SSE
  • Wybert's Castle (Castle) — 5.8 mi, 082° E
  • Savoy (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 063° ENE
  • Herbert Ingram Statue (Monument) — 6.0 mi, 062° ENE
  • Blackfriars Theatre & Arts Centre (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 064° ENE
  • Boston Guildhall (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 064° ENE
  • Five Lamps (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 062° ENE
  • Boston Stump (Viewpoint) — 6.0 mi, 062° ENE
  • Hussey Tower (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 066° ENE
  • Horbling Fen Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 6.1 mi, 246° WSW · 15 ha
  • Boston Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 6.5 mi, 056° NE · 8 ha
  • Heckington Windmill (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 295° WNW
  • Surfleet Lows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 6.7 mi, 177° S · 4 ha
  • The Bubblecar Museum (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 009° N
  • Kyme Tower (Castle) — 7.9 mi, 325° NW
  • The Pinchbeck Engine Museum of Land Drainage (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 174° S
  • Neatfold Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 8.6 mi, 271° W

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About This Drayton Map Page

Explore Drayton, Lincolnshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.937652, -0.151562. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.