Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Babergh · Region: Eastern
Explore Shimpling Street, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shimpling Street 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 Shimpling Street, 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 | Shimpling Street |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Babergh |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.140958 |
| Longitude | 0.729141 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shimpling Street stretches across the Suffolk clay, a quiet thoroughfare where the horizon holds the weight of a long agricultural inheritance. It lies 5.0 miles north-north-west of Acton (from Acton: bearing 344°T, OS grid TL 868 526), and is situated north-west of Alpheton village. The land here rises and falls with a deliberate, muscular grace, defined by the heavy earth that demands much from those who work it. To the northwest, the Frithy And Chadacre Woods SSSI provides a dense, shadowed sanctuary where the canopy filters the afternoon light into shifting patterns of copper and grey. A short distance to the west, the rise of Mill Hill breaks the flatness of the surrounding fields, offering a vantage point over the patchwork of hedgerows and fallow furrows. Shimpling Street maintains a steady, rhythmic character, defined more by the passing seasons than the rush of modern transit. Further to the south-east, the open expanse of Tye Green invites the wind to sweep unobstructed across the grass, grounding the geography in a stark, honest simplicity. This corner of Babergh remains a place where the sky feels vast and the silence is composed of the subtle rustle of working fields.
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Explore Shimpling Street, 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: 52.140958, 0.729141. 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. |