Great Oakley Essex Map
Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Oakley, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Oakley 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 Oakley, Essex
How to Use This Great Oakley, Essex Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Oakley, 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 Oakley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Great Oakley |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.903780 |
| Longitude | 1.188594 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Great Oakley
Great Oakley, a quiet place where the Essex sky often hangs a soft, pearlescent grey, breathes with a gentle, agrarian spirit. It lies 8.3 km south-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 235°T, OS grid TM 194 276), and is situated east-south-east of Wix Green village. The fields surrounding Great Oakley unfurl in broad, sun-warmed swathes, their hedgerows a dense tangle of hawthorn and dog rose, whispering tales of seasons past. Its heart beats around a modest village green, where ancient oaks, their bark fissured like the faces of elders, stand sentinel. The church of St. Michael, a stoic presence of flint and stone, has watched over Great Oakley for centuries, its bells a familiar chime on the still air. Though no grand monuments mark its existence, the quiet dignity of its lanes, the sturdy grace of its farmsteads, and the enduring scent of damp earth and ripening grain speak of a deep, unhurried continuity.
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About This Great Oakley Map Page
Explore Great Oakley, 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: 51.903780, 1.188594. 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. |
