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Brown Street Suffolk Map

Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Mid Suffolk · Region: Eastern

Explore Brown Street, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brown 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.

Interactive Map of Brown Street, Suffolk

How to Use This Brown Street, Suffolk Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brown Street, 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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PlaceBrown Street
Traditional CountySuffolk
District / BoroughMid Suffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.234315
Longitude1.016358
Place TypeHamlet

About Brown Street

Brown Street emerges from the flat, heavy clay of the Suffolk landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate work of agriculture. It lies 3.2 miles north-north-east of Stowmarket (from Stowmarket: bearing 14°T, OS grid TM 060 638), and is situated north-north-east of Old Newton village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, broken only by the sharp silhouettes of hedgerows that have long marked the boundaries of ancient tenurial strips. Just a short distance to the north, the Russell’s Hill Moated Site preserves a stagnant, silent memory of medieval fortification, its dark waters holding the sky in a mirror of unbroken stillness. Light across the fields of Brown Street possesses a pale, rinsed quality, particularly in the autumn months when the sun hangs low and renders the surrounding arable land a deep, bruised ochre. To the southwest, the Rookyard Farm Moats offer a further trace of the deep history held within these silty soils, their presence suggesting a time when the wet earth dictated the placement of every hearth and home. The air here remains crisp, carrying the faint, metallic scent of damp furrows and the distance of the wider, working countryside. Brown Street remains a place where the human mark is faint, leaving the expansive Suffolk sky to dominate the view above the low, stubborn lines of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Russell'S Hill Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 353° N
  • The Green (Park) — 0.6 mi, 283° WNW
  • Rookyard Farm Moats (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 228° SW · 1 ha
  • Old Newton Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 222° SW
  • Gipping Great Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 134° SE · 26 ha
  • Haughley Mere (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 251° WSW
  • Haughley Green Air Raid Shelter (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 284° WNW
  • Tailors Green (Park) — 2.1 mi, 350° N
  • Haughley Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 249° WSW · 2 ha
  • Cotton Mechanical Music Museum & Bygones (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 008° N
  • The Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 255° WSW
  • New Cut (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 196° SSW
  • Saracen's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.3 mi, 001° N
  • Abbot'S Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.5 mi, 195° SSW · 5 ha
  • The Food Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 199° SSW
  • Rattlesden River (River) — 3.8 mi, 188° S
  • Heron Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.9 mi, 222° SW
  • Shelland Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.3 mi, 247° WSW
  • Combs Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.4 mi, 186° S · 15 ha
  • Mid Suffolk Light Railway Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 075° ENE
  • Thornham Walks (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 029° NNE
  • Woolpit Village Pump (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 263° W
  • Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 263° W
  • Woolpit & District Museum (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 263° W
  • Brook Vale (Valley) — 5.5 mi, 241° WSW
  • Suffolk Owl Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.0 mi, 122° ESE
  • Lion Barn Drain (River) — 6.2 mi, 165° SSE
  • Baylham Rare Breeds Farm (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 157° SSE
  • Wyken Vinyards (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 312° NW
  • Shrubland Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 7.9 mi, 153° SSE · 251 ha

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About This Brown Street Map Page

Explore Brown 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: 52.234315, 1.016358. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.