Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: East Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Brightwell, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brightwell 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 | Brightwell |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | East Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.040272 |
| Longitude | 1.279033 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Brightwell, a quiet presence in East Suffolk, breathes with the low hum of the land. It lies 4.0 km south-east of Kesgrave (from Kesgrave: bearing 135°T, OS grid TM 249 430), and is situated north-north-east of Bucklesham village. The fields surrounding Brightwell, a patchwork of greens and golds under the vast Suffolk sky, recall the ancient rhythms of cultivation, where the very air seems to carry the scent of turned earth and ripening grain. Here, the sunlight falls with a peculiar softness, illuminating the gentle undulations of the landscape and painting the hedgerows in strokes of emerald and amber. Though small, Brightwell possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring presence that whispers of generations who have walked these paths.
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Explore Brightwell, 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: 52.040272, 1.279033. 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. |