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Hawstead Suffolk Map

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

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

How to Use This Hawstead, Suffolk Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hawstead, 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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PlaceHawstead
Traditional CountySuffolk
District / BoroughWest Suffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.198152
Longitude0.719078
Place TypeHamlet

About Hawstead

Hawstead reveals itself through a quiet geometry of hedgerows and heavy, clay-rich fields that define the Suffolk horizon. It lies 3.3 miles south of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 176°T, OS grid TL 859 590), and is situated north-north-west of Hawstead Green village. The light here seems to linger longer against the brickwork of the parish church, where centuries of flint and mortar have weathered into a pale, silvered skin. A short distance to the north-north-east, the Hawstead Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, marking the transition from the arable plains toward the more wooded reaches of the landscape. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the land shifts into the gentle, hollowed depressions of Harram Bottom, where the air grows cooler and carries the scent of damp earth and deep-rooted ash. History feels physically present in the landscape, particularly where the Site of Hawstead Place and its surrounding fishponds remain as subtle indentations in the meadow, ghost-like echoes of a grander domestic scale. The agricultural pulse of the region persists, with wide-reaching furrows guiding the eye across an expanse that has remained largely unchanged by the frantic pace of modern expansion. Hawstead maintains a stoic character, anchored by the weight of its soil and the enduring, slow-moving rhythm of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Hawstead Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.1 mi, 031° NNE
  • Site Of Hawstead Place And Associated Fishponds (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 302° WNW · 2 ha
  • Harram Bottom (Valley) — 1.5 mi, 288° WNW
  • Oakes Folly (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 017° NNE
  • Harram Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 297° WNW
  • Nowton Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 023° NNE
  • Remains Of Circular Chapel E Of Church (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 075° ENE
  • Hardwick Heath (Park) — 2.1 mi, 355° N
  • Moated Site At Doveden Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 271° W
  • Horringer Court Caves Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 333° NNW · 4 ha
  • Mayne Water (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 002° N
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 064° ENE
  • River Linnet (River) — 2.9 mi, 293° WNW
  • Phonebox Book Swap Shop (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 172° S
  • Ickworth House (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 300° WNW
  • Greene King Brewery Visitor Centre (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 358° N
  • Hay Wood, Whepstead Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 257° WSW · 10 ha
  • Eastlow Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.1 mi, 058° ENE
  • The Canal (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 293° WNW
  • Abbey Gardens And Precincts (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 001° N · 10 ha
  • The Pillar Of Salt traffic sign (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 358° N
  • Bury St Edmunds Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 000° N
  • Abbey Model (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 360° N
  • Abbeygate Cinema (Cinema) — 3.2 mi, 357° N
  • Harold Bonnett Sensory Garden (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 358° N
  • Moyse's Hall Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 356° N
  • The Bury Bat (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 009° N
  • Suffolk Regiment Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 346° NNW
  • Newhall Covert (Forest / Woodland) — 4.5 mi, 048° NE
  • Hawkendon Brook (River) — 5.3 mi, 221° SW

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About This Hawstead Map Page

Explore Hawstead, 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: 52.198152, 0.719078. 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.