Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Babergh · Region: Eastern
Explore Shelley, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shelley 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 Shelley, 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 | Shelley |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Babergh |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.008395 |
| Longitude | 0.958330 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Shelley rests in the quiet folds of the Suffolk countryside, where the landscape softens into a series of rolling, arable plains. It lies 2.4 miles south of Hadleigh (from Hadleigh: bearing 176°T, OS grid TM 031 385), and is situated west of Raydon village. The earth here holds a quiet weight, marked by the ancient, earth-bound silence of the moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, which stand as a ghost of domestic ambition just a short walk away. Beyond the immediate periphery, the elevation of Higham Hill rises to catch the low, slanted light of the afternoon, offering a vantage point over fields that have been ploughed for centuries. The air in Shelley often carries the damp, metallic scent of the nearby watercourses, a reminder of the low-lying moisture that feeds the heavy clay soil. St Mary’s Church keeps watch over the hamlet, its flint-knapped exterior weathering the salt-tinged winds that drift inland from the coast. These lanes remain stubbornly narrow, hemmed in by high, tangled hedgerows that turn a deep, bruised purple when the autumn frost arrives. Life in Shelley moves in accordance with the slow turning of the farming seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.
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Explore Shelley, 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: 52.008395, 0.958330. 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. |