Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: West Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Back Street, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Back Street 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 | Back Street |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | West Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.198149 |
| Longitude | 0.549317 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Back Street breathes a quiet existence in the West Suffolk landscape. It lies 11.0 km east-south-east of Newmarket (from Newmarket: bearing 117°T, OS grid TL 743 586), and is situated south-west of Ousden village. The fields around Back Street, a patchwork of greens and golds under the broad East Anglian sky, often hold the scent of tilled earth, a timeless perfume carried on the breeze. Distant church spires, like slender fingers pointing towards heaven, punctuate the horizon, hinting at centuries of quiet devotion. The hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and the occasional wild rose, form intricate, tangled lines across the land, a natural embroidery that shifts with the seasons. Life in Back Street unfolds with a gentle, almost imperceptible flow, much like the slow meandering of the nearby Larke River.
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Explore Back Street, Suffolk, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.198149, 0.549317. 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. |