(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Ipswich · Region: Eastern
Explore California, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the California 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 | California |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Ipswich |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.056154 |
| Longitude | 1.182400 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
California, a quiet suburb of Ipswich, carries a faint echo of its namesake's sunshine in its name, though its reality is a different, gentler landscape. It lies 2.0 km east of Ipswich (from Ipswich: bearing 93°T, OS grid TM 182 445). The fields surrounding California are often bathed in a soft, diffused light, particularly in the late afternoon, highlighting the subtle contours of the Suffolk countryside. This area, though lacking grand historical monuments, possesses a character drawn from its agricultural past, where the land itself tells a story of cultivation and quiet endurance. The gentle hum of life here is one of suburban tranquillity, with residential streets giving way to verdant verges and the occasional glimpse of distant, working farmland. California's identity is woven into the very fabric of its everyday, unpretentious existence, a place where the sky feels vast and the pace of life is measured.
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Explore California, 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: 52.056154, 1.182400. 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. |