Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Babergh · Region: Eastern
Explore Little Wenham, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Wenham 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 Little Wenham, 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 | Little Wenham |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Babergh |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.009293 |
| Longitude | 1.032950 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Little Wenham emerges from the Suffolk clay as a quiet testament to the enduring patience of brick and flint. It lies 4.1 miles south-east of Hadleigh (from Hadleigh: bearing 125°T, OS grid TM 082 388), and is situated north-west of Capel St Mary village. The air here holds a particular clarity, catching the pale, lemon-wash light that drifts across the fields toward the towering silhouette of Little Wenham Hall. This Scheduled Monument, often referred to as Wenham Castle, anchors the landscape with its medieval masonry, suggesting a time when defensive strength was carved directly into the earth. Beyond the hall, the terrain stretches toward the canopy of Raydon Great Wood, where the horizon dissolves into a muted blur of ancient timber and shadow. The architecture of Little Wenham remains anchored by the church of All Saints, an edifice whose weathered stone walls seem to breathe in sympathy with the seasonal turn of the crops. Footpaths meander through the parish, tracing the lines of long-forgotten boundaries that once delineated the rhythms of rural labour. In the stillness of an afternoon, one might observe how the sunlight gilds the flintwork, turning the mundane materials of the wall into something shimmering and transient. Little Wenham persists as a place where the weight of the past is not a burden, but a quiet companion to the wind moving across the open Suffolk plains.
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Explore Little Wenham, 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: 52.009293, 1.032950. 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. |