Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: West Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Risby, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Risby 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 Risby, 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 | Risby |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | West Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.267510 |
| Longitude | 0.631580 |
| Place Type | Village |
Risby captures the quiet stillness of the Suffolk plains, where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, pale sky. It lies 3.8 miles west-north-west of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 293°T, OS grid TL 796 665), and is situated north-north-east of Great Saxham village. The land here remains largely level, save for the subtle heave of the earth toward Twenty Acre Hill, where the wind gathers strength before crossing the open fields. At the heart of the parish, the Risby Village Sign stands as a modest sentinel, marking a history that stretches back to the Domesday Book. Nearby, The Green offers a patch of maintained grass that catches the sharp, low light of late afternoon, providing a brief pause in the rhythm of the surrounding agricultural expanse. Ancient earthworks persist in the landscape, as seen in the Round Barrows, Risby Poor's Heath East, which hold the silence of centuries beneath their weathered mounds. The air in Risby carries the faint, clean scent of harvested grain, a reminder of the deep-rooted industry that has shaped these fields since the first ploughs turned the soil. Walking the lanes, one feels the plain, honest gravity of a place that has long measured time by the turning of the seasons rather than the rush of the modern world.
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Explore Risby, 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: 52.267510, 0.631580. 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. |