Traditional county: Cambridgeshire · District / Borough: Huntingdonshire · Region: Eastern
Explore Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Norman Cross 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 Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire, 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 | Norman Cross |
| Traditional County | Cambridgeshire |
| District / Borough | Huntingdonshire |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.502672 |
| Longitude | -0.295069 |
| Place Type | Village |
Norman Cross defines the intersection of ancient transit routes where the flat Cambridgeshire horizon meets the sky in a wide, unblinking gaze. It lies 5.3 miles south-south-west of Peterborough (from Peterborough: bearing 205°T, OS grid TL 158 907), and is situated north-east of Folksworth village. The legacy of the Napoleonic era lingers here, marked by the site of the former prisoner-of-war depot, where fifteen hectares of land once held thousands in a silent, rigid geometry of wood and iron. Today, the Norman Cross monument stands near this space as a sentinel, its presence grounding the local landscape in a sombre, reflective stillness. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Norman Cross, the land softens toward the gentle flow of Stilton Dyke, where water moves with a sluggish, silver clarity through the reeds. The light across these fields possesses a particular, pale quality, illuminating the transition from the bustling roads to the quiet, hidden earthworks left by those who farmed this soil centuries ago. One might walk these paths and observe how the wind carries the scent of damp grass and open space, indifferent to the layers of human activity that define the terrain. Norman Cross remains a place of quiet transitions, where the weight of historical memory is balanced by the persistent, unadorned beauty of the surrounding fen-edge plains.
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Explore Norman Cross, 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: 52.502672, -0.295069. 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. |