Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Maldon · Region: Eastern
Explore Tollesbury, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tollesbury 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.
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| Place | Tollesbury |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Maldon |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.758611 |
| Longitude | 0.833243 |
| Place Type | Village |
Salt-crusted timber and the low, silver horizon define the character of Tollesbury. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of West Mersea (from West Mersea: bearing 250°T, OS grid TL 956 104), and is situated east-south-east of Tolleshunt D'Arcy village. The Blackwater Estuary pulls at the shoreline here, its vast tidal flats catching the pale East Anglian light in a mirror of cooling mercury. Where the land yields to the sea, the sprawling expanse of Tollesbury Wick Marshes offers a sanctuary for wildfowl, their cries echoing across the brackish reed beds. Tollesbury retains a rugged maritime air, its history tied firmly to the boat-building trades and the silent, weathered hulls that once braved the North Sea. Walking toward the water, one encounters the Lightship, a rusted sentinel that serves as a quiet reminder of the navigation required to traverse these complex, shifting channels. The winds here carry a biting, honest clarity, scrubbed clean by the distance they travel across the open water before reaching the village lanes. Each season alters the palette of the saltings, turning the greens of summer into the burnt ochre and deep violet of a winter dusk.
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Explore Tollesbury, 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: 51.758611, 0.833243. 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. |