Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: East Cambridgeshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Burwell, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burwell 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.
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| Place | Burwell |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | East Cambridgeshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.275392 |
| Longitude | 0.327434 |
| Place Type | Village |
Burwell reveals itself as a convergence of limestone and Fenland silt, where the flat horizon meets the sudden, modest rise of the chalk hills. It lies 3.9 miles south of Soham (from Soham: bearing 187°T, OS grid TL 588 666), and is situated east of Reach village. The light here catches the pale, weathered stone of the low-slung cottages, casting long shadows that seem to hold the memory of ancient watercourses. Walking eastward toward Pound Hill, one feels the ground sharpen beneath the boots, a subtle shift from the damp, dark earth of the lowlands to the firm, porous chalk. The remains of Burwell Castle, a ruined ambition of the twelfth century, sit quietly in the grass as a reminder of a turbulent past now softened by seasonal wildflowers. Nearby, the water of The Weirs flows with a deliberate, glass-like clarity, reflecting the sky in a way that suggests the depth of the drainage history that once shaped this landscape. Burwell sustains a quiet industry, its character defined more by the persistent cycle of the seasons than by the haste of modern transit. Every turn in the lanes offers a glimpse of an agricultural heritage that persists in the neat, productive fields bordering the edge of the horizon.
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Explore Burwell, Cambridgeshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.275392, 0.327434. 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 | September 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. |