Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Ipswich · Region: Eastern
Explore Racecourse, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Racecourse 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 Racecourse, 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 | Racecourse |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Ipswich |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.040821 |
| Longitude | 1.190965 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Racecourse reveals its character through the quiet, suburban rhythm of Suffolk’s eastern landscape. It lies 2.0 miles south-east of Ipswich (from Ipswich: bearing 125°T, OS grid TM 189 428). Low, late-afternoon light often stretches across the residential streets, casting long, melancholic shadows against the brickwork of modest semi-detached homes. The proximity of Warren Heath provides a buffer of wilder, sandy terrain, where the air feels sharper and carries the scent of pine needles. Residents frequently traverse the short distance to the Ipswich Transport Museum, finding a strange, mechanical beauty in the preserved trolleybuses and heavy machinery housed just to the east. The geography here is defined by a subtle, sloping topography that anchors the suburb firmly within the wider Ipswich district. Despite the surrounding development, the edge of Bixley Heath Sssi maintains a protected stillness, offering a glimpse into the ancient, heathland character that once dominated this part of the county. Racecourse remains a place of functional transitions, where the hum of modern life meets the persistent, grounding influence of the natural landscape.
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Explore Racecourse, 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: 52.040821, 1.190965. 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. |