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Bawsey Norfolk Map

Traditional county: Norfolk · District / Borough: King's Lynn and West Norfolk · Region: Eastern

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bawsey, Norfolk, 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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PlaceBawsey
Traditional CountyNorfolk
District / BoroughKing's Lynn and West Norfolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.749268
Longitude0.490011
Place TypeHamlet

About Bawsey

Bawsey reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its sandy soil and the way the low sun catches the edges of its excavated pits. It lies 4.0 miles east of King's Lynn (from King's Lynn: bearing 93°T, OS grid TF 681 197), and is situated west-north-west of Ashwicken village. The landscape here is defined by sudden shifts in elevation, where the earth has been hollowed out to reveal the stark, pale hues of the underlying geology. Just a stone's throw away, the Bawsey Sssi preserves a fragile ecosystem that thrives in these acidic, mineral-rich conditions. Further along the track, the Bawsey Country Park transforms these former industrial scars into expansive, reflective waters that mirror the heavy, shifting Norfolk clouds. The ruins of the medieval church remain as a skeletal sentinel, marking a time when the parishioners walked these paths to worship before the population dwindled into silence. Today, the wind moves across the heath with a hollow resonance, unimpeded by the structures that once anchored the local economy to the land. Bawsey remains a place of profound stillness, where the remnants of the past are slowly being reclaimed by the scrub and the encroaching pine.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bawsey Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.2 mi, 187° S · 3 ha
  • Bawsey Country Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 223° SW
  • Leziate & Ashwicken Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.5 mi, 103° ESE
  • Bowl Barrow On Leziate Heath, 300M West Of Leziate Drove (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 084° E
  • Site of Leziate Church (Historic Ruins) — 0.8 mi, 084° E
  • Site Of All Saints' Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 086° E
  • Leziate, Sugar And Derby Fens Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 074° ENE · 88 ha
  • Remains Of St James' Church And Surrounding Saxon And Medieval Settlement (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 298° WNW · 9 ha
  • St James Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 301° WNW
  • Roydon Common (Park) — 1.6 mi, 013° NNE
  • Middleton Towers (Castle) — 1.6 mi, 212° SSW
  • Galley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 278° W
  • Holding's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 287° WNW
  • Devil's Bottom (Valley) — 2.3 mi, 181° S
  • Middleton Stop Drain (River) — 2.4 mi, 256° WSW
  • Ling Common (Forest / Woodland) — 3.0 mi, 327° NNW
  • Castle Rising (Castle) — 3.1 mi, 344° NNW
  • North Runcton Art Gallery Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 225° SW
  • Long Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 281° W
  • Pierpoint Drain (River) — 3.5 mi, 261° W
  • The Walks, King'S Lynn (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.5 mi, 268° W · 16 ha
  • Night Marsh (Wetland) — 3.7 mi, 346° NNW
  • The Workshop (Theatre) — 3.8 mi, 272° W
  • The Lynn Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 275° W
  • Majestic Cinema (Cinema) — 3.9 mi, 274° W
  • True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 279° W
  • Bentinck Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 282° WNW
  • Alexandra Dock (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 279° W
  • Whale (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 267° W
  • Stories of Lynn (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 273° W

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About This Bawsey Map Page

Explore Bawsey, Norfolk, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.749268, 0.490011. 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.