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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blackthorpe, 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 | Blackthorpe |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | West Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.234428 |
| Longitude | 0.781993 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Blackthorpe emerges from the low-slung Suffolk horizon as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the vast, unblinking sky above the fields. It lies 3.0 miles 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 land here holds the memory of industry and conflict, evidenced by the 94th Bomb Group Control Tower standing as a stark, skeletal reminder of the mid-century air war just to the north-west. Beyond these concrete echoes, the landscape softens into the quiet, dense canopy of Newhall Covert, where the light filters through the branches in thin, grey slivers. Blackthorpe maintains a measured pace, far removed from the bustle of the nearby market town, yet bound to the same heavy, clay-rich earth. The air possesses a crystalline clarity in the winter months, sharpening the outlines of the hedgerows against the fields. Here, the passage of time is marked less by clocks and more by the slow, seasonal turn of the agricultural cycle that governs the local horizon.
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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 | 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. |