Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Babergh · Region: Eastern
Explore Hitcham, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hitcham 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hitcham, 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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| Place | Hitcham |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Babergh |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.125118 |
| Longitude | 0.897648 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hitcham rests as a quiet arrangement of Suffolk flint and timber, holding the stillness of the rolling agricultural landscape. It lies 6.1 miles south-west of Stowmarket (from Stowmarket: bearing 224°T, OS grid TL 984 513), and is situated north-north-west of Bildeston village. A visitor passing the Hitcham Village Sign finds the light here filtered through high, expansive skies that seem to widen the horizon above the heavy clay soil. The land slopes gently towards the modest course of the Bildeston Brook, where water moves with a sluggish, deliberate grace through the reeds. Centuries of farming have pressed a particular character into the fields, leaving behind a mosaic of arable patches and small copses that shift in colour with the passing seasons. Near the western edge, the earth retains the sunken, shadowed memory of the Moated Site and Associated Fishponds at Wetherden Hall, where silence now replaces the medieval industry of the water. Hitcham maintains a steady, solitary composure, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders. The architecture here speaks of local craftsmanship, with lime-washed walls reflecting the pale, lemon-tinted sunrises that frequently break over the eastern plains.
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Explore Hitcham, 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: 52.125118, 0.897648. 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 | August 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. |