Great Leighs Essex Map
Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Leighs, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Leighs 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 Great Leighs, Essex
How to Use This Great Leighs, Essex Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Leighs, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Essex or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Great Leighs and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Great Leighs |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.826740 |
| Longitude | 0.505600 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Great Leighs
Great Leighs rests within the gentle contours of Essex, a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, quiet luminescence. It lies 6.6 km south-south-west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 210°T, OS grid TL 727 172), and is situated north-north-east of Little Leighs village. The landscape around Great Leighs unfolds in soft arable fields, a patchwork quilt stitched with hedgerows that whisper tales of seasons past, their textures catching the afternoon sun with a muted, earthy glow. The village itself, though modest, possesses a timeless quality, its houses drawing a quiet dignity from the surrounding countryside. The air here carries the faint, clean scent of cultivation, a subtle reminder of the land’s enduring bounty. Great Leighs is a place that absorbs the passing years with a calm, almost imperceptible grace.
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About This Great Leighs Map Page
Explore Great Leighs, 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: 51.826740, 0.505600. 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. |
