Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: East Suffolk · Region: Eastern
Explore Shipmeadow, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shipmeadow 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 Shipmeadow, 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 | Shipmeadow |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | East Suffolk |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.456186 |
| Longitude | 1.504168 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shipmeadow emerges from the flat, hushed expanse of the Waveney Valley as a singular point of focus amidst the stretching lowlands. It lies 2.5 miles west of Beccles (from Beccles: bearing 267°T, OS grid TM 381 900), and is situated east of Mettingham village. The pale, watery light of the Suffolk sky often catches the intricate ironwork of the Shipmeadow Village Sign, which stands as a silent sentinel marking the threshold of the parish. To the north, the landscape dissolves into the reed-fringed expanse of the Shipmeadow Marshes, where the ground remains perpetually soft and eager to reclaim the horizon. Narrow channels of the New Dyke slice through the peat, reflecting the drifting clouds in mirrors of dark, still water. Ancient boundaries mark the earth further east, where the moated site of Barsham Hall persists as a ghostly geometry hidden beneath the tall, unruly grasses. The air here carries a heavy, damp richness, smelling faintly of river silt and the deep, silent work of the marshland floor. In this corner of the world, Shipmeadow maintains a quiet gravity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the distant market towns.
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Explore Shipmeadow, 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: 52.456186, 1.504168. 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. |