Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Ipswich · Region: Eastern
Explore Gainsborough, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gainsborough 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 | Gainsborough |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Ipswich |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.032841 |
| Longitude | 1.183732 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gainsborough, a quiet suburb of Ipswich, unfolds with a gentle, unassuming grace. It lies 3.4 km south-east of Ipswich (from Ipswich: bearing 142°T, OS grid TM 184 419), and is situated north-north-east of Freston village. The land here breathes a soft, pastoral air, where the light often catches the dew-kissed fields in the early morning, lending a transient shimmer to the rolling Suffolk countryside. Faint echoes of agricultural life still resonate, a memory carried on the breeze that whispers through the hedgerows, hinting at generations who tilled this soil. The houses, a pleasing mix of styles, often display gardens that spill over with a riot of colour, a testament to the care of their inhabitants. There's a pleasant sense of order, of lives lived at a steady, unhurried pace, where the passing of seasons is marked by the subtle shifts in the verdant landscape.
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Explore Gainsborough, 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: 52.032841, 1.183732. 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. |