Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Mid Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Bell's Cross, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bell's Cross 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 Bell's Cross, Suffolk, 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 | Bell's Cross |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Mid Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.127772 |
| Longitude | 1.144585 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bell's Cross occupies a quiet intersection of lanes where the Suffolk horizon widens to accommodate the slow, heavy movement of the sky. It lies 4.4 miles east-south-east of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 116°T, OS grid TM 153 523), and is situated north-north-west of Henley village. The light here possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the flint walls of nearby cottages until they mirror the pale, chalky soils of the surrounding fields. A short distance to the south-south-east, the curious silhouette of the Tractor in a Tree sculpture marks the landscape, a rusted relic held aloft by the slow, relentless expansion of timber. Bell's Cross sits amidst a patchwork of arable land, where the earth is drained by hidden veins that feed into the broader, deeper silences of the countryside. Beyond the immediate verges, the terrain rises toward the gentle elevation of Buzzard's Hill, offering a vantage point from which the interconnected geography of the Mid Suffolk district becomes visible. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of turned clay and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery, anchoring the hamlet firmly to its working heritage. This is a place defined by the intersection of ancient paths, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a bird circling the open fields.
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Explore Bell's Cross, 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: 52.127772, 1.144585. 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. |