Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: North Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Great Cransley, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Cransley 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Cransley, Northamptonshire, 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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| Place | Great Cransley |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.382929 |
| Longitude | -0.780543 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Cransley reveals itself through the steady, quiet limestone masonry of its cottages and the ancient, watchful presence of the Church of St Nicholas. It lies 2.5 miles west-south-west of Kettering (from Kettering: bearing 242°T, OS grid SP 830 767), and is situated north-north-west of Broughton village. The horizon here is defined by the gentle rise of ironstone ridges, where the light often catches the pale, weathered stone of the architecture in a way that makes the buildings seem part of the earth itself. To the north, the waters of Cransley Reservoir hold a mirror to the passing clouds, grounding the surrounding fields in a stillness that persists through the changing seasons. Further west, the damp, sequestered acres of Birch Spinney And Mawsley Marsh Sssi offer a sanctuary for alder and willow, preserving a wilder, more ancient character than the manicured hedges nearby. Great Cransley retains an air of enduring modesty, where the rhythm of life follows the slow turn of the agricultural year rather than the urgency of the nearby roads. Visitors may find the parish church, with its fourteenth-century tower, standing as a firm anchor against the wide, open skies that dominate this corner of Northamptonshire. The local landscape possesses a singular, unpretentious beauty, defined by the way the wind moves across the grasses and the persistent, low-slung sun of the East Midlands.
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Explore Great Cransley, Northamptonshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.382929, -0.780543. 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 | August 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. |