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Martlesham Heath Suffolk Map

Traditional county: Suffolk · District / Borough: East Suffolk · Region: Eastern

Explore Martlesham Heath, Suffolk with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Martlesham Heath 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.

Interactive Map of Martlesham Heath, Suffolk

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Martlesham Heath, 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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PlaceMartlesham Heath
Traditional CountySuffolk
District / BoroughEast Suffolk
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.059977
Longitude1.274553
Place TypeVillage

About Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath occupies a stretch of Suffolk plateau where the sky seems to hold a particular, expansive clarity above the low-slung horizon. It lies 1.6 miles east-south-east of Kesgrave (from Kesgrave: bearing 104°T, OS grid TM 245 452), and is situated south of Martlesham village. Beneath the quiet residential streets, the earth preserves the ancient, rounded contours of the Bowl Barrow in Birch Grove, a silent sentinel that predates the modern tarmac by millennia. The local landscape retains the echoes of its aviation history, particularly near the Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum, where the wind still seems to carry the ghost of engines over the flat, open ground. Here, the light catches the metallic edges of the modern business parks, contrasting sharply with the somber, prehistoric mounds that linger in the nearby copses. Residents walk past these scheduled monuments daily, moving between the pragmatic needs of the present and the stubborn, earthen persistence of the past. Martlesham Heath maintains a deliberate, functional rhythm, defined less by grand architecture and more by the steady, unpretentious intersection of history and industry. The surrounding terrain remains remarkably level, allowing the afternoon sun to stretch long, thin shadows across the fields until the day finally dissolves into the grey Suffolk dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bowl Barrow In Birch Grove, Martlesham Heath (Scheduled Monument) — 0.3 mi, 169° S
  • Two Bowl Barrows 312M South West Of Dobbs Corner (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 255° WSW
  • Bowl Barrow 580M North Of Dobbs Corner (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 318° NW
  • Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 302° WNW
  • Pole Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 220° SW
  • Computer Commemoration at Grange Farm (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 276° W
  • Grange Meadow (Park) — 1.0 mi, 279° W
  • Waldringfield Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 106° ESE
  • Ashdale Green (Park) — 1.2 mi, 279° W
  • Sinks Valley, Kesgrave Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.2 mi, 305° NW · 25 ha
  • River Fynn (River) — 1.3 mi, 025° NNE
  • Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 250° WSW
  • Martlesham Creek (River) — 1.9 mi, 050° NE
  • Playford Mere (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 318° NW
  • Kyson Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 048° NE
  • Woodbridge Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.5 mi, 033° NNE · 2 ha
  • Spring Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 303° WNW
  • Riverside Theatre (Cinema) — 2.8 mi, 041° NE
  • Woodbridge Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 043° NE
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 045° NE
  • Woodbridge Tide Mill (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 043° NE
  • The Tips (Wetland) — 3.0 mi, 089° E
  • Spinny Marsh (Wetland) — 3.2 mi, 119° ESE
  • Saxtead Bottom (Valley) — 3.6 mi, 073° ENE
  • The Gar Seat (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 051° NE
  • Ipswich Transport Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 248° WSW
  • Blooming Fuchsia sign (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 263° W
  • Old And New Cemetery, Ipswich (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.4 mi, 275° W · 25 ha
  • Ipswich Regent (Theatre) — 4.8 mi, 268° W
  • Blackfriars (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 266° W

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About This Martlesham Heath Map Page

Explore Martlesham Heath, 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: 52.059977, 1.274553. 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 builtSeptember 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.