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Great Welnetham Suffolk Map

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

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

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PlaceGreat Welnetham
Traditional CountySuffolk
District / BoroughWest Suffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.200411
Longitude0.748093
Place TypeVillage

About Great Welnetham

Great Welnetham reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, heavy clay soils and long-shadowed fields that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 155°T, OS grid TL 878 593), and is situated south of Sicklesmere village. Beneath a wide, unblinking Suffolk sky, the light here has a way of lingering against the brickwork of old cottages, turning the common dust to a soft, burnished gold. The remnants of a circular chapel, standing in solemn isolation to the east, bear witness to a time when faith was carved directly into the local flint. Great Welnetham maintains a steady, industrious character, anchored by the rhythmic turn of agricultural seasons that have defined these acres for centuries. Paths wind outward from the centre, leading toward the ghost-haunted earthworks of the moated site where Rushbrooke Hall once commanded the view. These lanes offer little resistance to the wind, allowing the air to carry the sharp, clean scent of turning earth across the surrounding parish. Few places manage to retain such a stoic sense of identity, keeping its own counsel while the seasons wash over the hedges and grey-tiled roofs.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Remains Of Circular Chapel E Of Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 062° ENE
  • Hawstead Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.2 mi, 266° W
  • Moated Site, Formerly The Site Of Rushbrooke Hall, 400M South West Of Poplar Meadow (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 039° NE
  • Oakes Folly (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 327° NNW
  • Nowton Park (Park) — 1.6 mi, 340° NNW
  • Pumphouse In Centre Of Village (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 035° NE
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 052° NE
  • Eastlow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 044° NE
  • Bradfield Green (Park) — 2.3 mi, 079° E
  • Harram Bottom (Valley) — 2.7 mi, 277° W
  • Harram Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.7 mi, 282° WNW
  • Mayne Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 336° NNW
  • 94th Bomb Group Control Tower (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 017° NNE
  • Greene King Brewery Visitor Centre (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 335° NNW
  • Bradfield Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 109° ESE · 81 ha
  • Abbey Gardens And Precincts (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 339° NNW · 10 ha
  • Phonebox Book Swap Shop (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 194° SSW
  • Horringer Court Caves Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.3 mi, 312° NW · 4 ha
  • Bury St Edmunds Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 338° NNW
  • Abbey Model (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 338° NNW
  • Abbeygate Cinema (Cinema) — 3.3 mi, 335° NNW
  • The Pillar Of Salt traffic sign (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 336° NNW
  • Harold Bonnett Sensory Garden (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 337° NNW
  • The Bury Bat (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 348° NNW
  • Newhall Covert (Forest / Woodland) — 3.5 mi, 036° NE
  • Moyse's Hall Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 335° NNW
  • Suffolk Regiment Museum (Museum) — 3.9 mi, 327° NNW
  • River Linnet (River) — 4.0 mi, 284° WNW
  • The Canal (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.3 mi, 285° WNW
  • Woolpit & District Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 074° ENE

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About This Great Welnetham Map Page

Explore Great Welnetham, 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: 52.200411, 0.748093. 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.