Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: East Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Shingle Street, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shingle 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 Shingle 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 | Shingle Street |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | East Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.031923 |
| Longitude | 1.448440 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Salt-crusted shingle banks define the restless, shifting edge where Shingle Street meets the North Sea. It lies 6.3 miles north-east of Felixstowe (from Felixstowe: bearing 41°T, OS grid TM 366 426), and is situated south-east of Hollesley village. A solitary Martello Tower stands at Shingle Street like a weathered sentinel, its brickwork bleached by the relentless salt-laden gales. Beyond the immediate coastline, the low, damp expanse of Oxley Marshes stretches toward the horizon, where the sky often bleeds into the grey water in a seamless wash of silver. The landscape here possesses a stark, ascetic beauty, stripped of artifice and exposed to the raw temper of the tides. Further inland, the quiet waters of Barthorp’s Creek snake through the reeds, carving veins of dark reflection into the flat, marshy earth. Shingle Street remains a place of profound solitude, where the only music is the rhythmic grinding of pebbles under the retreat of the foam. Winter light here turns the sea into hammered pewter, casting long, sharp shadows across the barren, wind-swept banks.
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Explore Shingle 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: 52.031923, 1.448440. 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. |