Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Chignall Smealy, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chignall Smealy 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 Chignall Smealy, Essex, 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 | Chignall Smealy |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.778611 |
| Longitude | 0.415800 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Chignall Smealy, a quiet corner of Essex, breathes with the soft murmur of agricultural life. It lies 6.1 km north-west of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 319°T, OS grid TL 667 116), and is situated north of Chignall St James village. The landscape here, a gentle turning of fields, catches the light in a way that suggests a painter’s quiet contemplation, the distant hedgerows a darker green against the pale wash of the sky. The air itself carries a subtle scent of damp earth and ripening grain, a perennial perfume of the land. Chignall Smealy’s modest dwellings, often softened by climbing roses, speak of a settled, enduring presence, each a small story in the broader narrative of rural England. The quietude is profound, broken only by the call of birds or the distant hum of a tractor, a sound that seems to echo the very pulse of the countryside.
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Explore Chignall Smealy, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.778611, 0.415800. 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. |