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.
| 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 rests within the gentle embrace of Suffolk's rolling countryside. It lies 8.1 km north-north-west of Acton (from Acton: bearing 344°T, OS grid TL 868 526), and is situated north-west of Alpheton village. The air here, particularly in the long, soft light of an autumn afternoon, carries the faint, earthy perfume of cultivated fields, a scent mingling with the distant promise of woodsmoke. Shimpling Street’s modest cluster of dwellings seems to draw sustenance from the surrounding arable land, a quiet testament to generations of tilling and sowing. A sense of enduring peace pervades the lanes, where the sky often appears a vast, pale canvas, brushed with the muted hues of the Eastern Counties.
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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 | June 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. |