Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: West Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Blackthorpe, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackthorpe 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 | Blackthorpe |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | West Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.234428 |
| Longitude | 0.781993 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Blackthorpe breathes a quiet existence in the West Suffolk landscape. It lies 4.8 km east-south-east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 106°T, OS grid TL 900 632), and is situated north-west of Kingshall Street village. The hamlet's low-lying fields, often catching the soft, diffused light of the East Anglian sky, hint at a history tied to the soil, where generations have worked the earth. Though no grand structures mark its presence, the scatter of cottages and farmsteads suggests a continuity of life, a gentle pulse against the wider sweep of the countryside. The air here, carrying the faint scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, speaks of a place content in its own modest bounds. Blackthorpe remains a quiet corner, a testament to the enduring character of rural England.
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Explore Blackthorpe, 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: 52.234428, 0.781993. 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. |