Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: Babergh · Region: Eastern
Explore Shotley Gate, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shotley Gate 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 Shotley Gate, 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 | Shotley Gate |
| Traditional County | Suffolk |
| District / Borough | Babergh |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.957856 |
| Longitude | 1.268745 |
| Place Type | Village |
Shotley Gate commands the narrow peninsula where the Stour and Orwell rivers surrender their currents to the salt-heavy embrace of the North Sea. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 315°T, OS grid TM 246 338). Heavy maritime light spills across the mudflats of Shotley Point, where the receding tide leaves behind a glistening, bruised silver sheen upon the silt. Traces of a more guarded past endure in the nearby Martello Tower, a squat sentinel of brick that stares out toward the horizon with unblinking, stoic resolve. The rhythmic pulse of the water dictates the mood of the shoreline, pulling at the memory of the naval training that once defined the local character. Further inland, the subterranean air raid shelters remain as hushed, earthen scars beneath the grass, holding the gravity of a century marked by conflict and watchfulness. Shotley Gate retains a stark, windswept beauty, its architecture tethered to the shifting moods of the estuary. Here, the land seems perpetually caught in the act of slipping away into the deep, grey channels of the tide.
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Explore Shotley Gate, 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: 51.957856, 1.268745. 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. |