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Chailey East Sussex Map

Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Lewes · Region: South East

Explore Chailey, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chailey 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.

This page also offers OS MAPS — Ordnance Survey Outdoor mapping and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets — plus a labelled National Grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.

Interactive Map of Chailey, East Sussex

How to Use This Chailey, East Sussex Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Chailey, East Sussex, 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 East Sussex or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Chailey and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

OS MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows OS Outdoor mapping — contours, footpaths, bridleways and access land. Explorer 1:25k shows the OS Explorer sheets themselves: the orange-covered 1:25 000 maps walkers, fell runners and mountain rescue teams use, with field boundaries, rights of way and open access land. The search box finds any British town, village or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Chailey.

Reading the map like a paper Explorer sheet. Click Grid to overlay the OS National Grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference such as NY 266 234 by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an OS National Grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what mountain rescue and the coastguard work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your grid reference stays correct even where the map itself cannot load, which in the Lakes, the Dales and the Highlands is often exactly where you need it.

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PlaceChailey
Traditional CountyEast Sussex
District / BoroughLewes
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude50.957055
Longitude-0.019015
Place TypeHamlet

About Chailey

Chailey emerges from the Sussex Weald as a collection of scattered greens and ancient woodland, holding a quiet authority over the surrounding countryside. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Haywards Heath (from Haywards Heath: bearing 127°T, OS grid TQ 392 193), and is situated north of South Street village. Sunlight catches the edges of Chailey Common SSSI, where 171 hectares of heathland stretch out in a muted palette of purple heather and pale, dry grasses. This landscape breathes with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons, unbothered by the frantic pace of the modern world beyond its boundaries. To the north, the still surface of King's Head Pond mirrors the low-hanging clouds, acting as a silver anchor in the green expanse. The wind here carries a sharp, clean scent of damp earth and gorse, a reminder of the raw geological grit that defines this corner of the South East. Chailey maintains a distinct character, defined by its dispersed layout and the enduring presence of its historic common land. The architecture remains modest and functional, allowing the expansive sky to dominate the view above the low rooflines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Chailey Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.1 mi, 350° N · 171 ha
  • King's Head Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 005° N
  • Lodge Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 101° ESE
  • Limekiln Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 171° S
  • Lower Park Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 096° E
  • Newick Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.9 mi, 097° E · 83 ha
  • Bevern Stream (River) — 2.0 mi, 175° S
  • Scaynes Hill Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 001° N
  • Lambourn Gill (Valley) — 2.2 mi, 260° W
  • Pellingford Brook (River) — 2.2 mi, 002° N
  • Post-Medieval Pondbay And Overspill Channel, Wapsbourne Farm. (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 012° NNE
  • Plumpton Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.5 mi, 228° SW
  • SteamWorks! (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 017° NNE
  • Scayneshill Common (Park) — 2.8 mi, 335° NNW
  • Bluebell Railway Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 016° NNE
  • Sheffield Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.3 mi, 030° NNE · 208 ha
  • Motte And Bailey Castle, Fishpond And Associated Earthworks, Sw Of Isfield Church (Scheduled Monument) — 3.3 mi, 107° ESE · 2 ha
  • Piltdown Gravel Pit (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 065° ENE
  • Ditchling Common (Park) — 3.4 mi, 265° W
  • Clinton Lodge Gardens (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 042° NE
  • Isfield Pound (Scheduled Monument) — 3.6 mi, 103° ESE
  • Barcombe Mill (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 140° SE
  • Riley's Miniature Railway (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 112° ESE
  • Fox Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.1 mi, 299° WNW
  • Plumpton Place (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.2 mi, 209° SSW · 7 ha
  • Chalk Pit (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 176° S
  • Plashett Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.9 mi, 120° ESE
  • Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 240° WSW
  • Burgess Hill Theatre (Theatre) — 4.9 mi, 270° W
  • The Picture House Uckfield (Cinema) — 5.1 mi, 078° ENE

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About This Chailey Map Page

Explore Chailey, East Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.957055, -0.019015. 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.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any British town, village or landmark by name; offers OS Outdoor and the OS Explorer 1:25 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled OS National Grid so the map can be read like a printed Explorer sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an OS National Grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the grid reference remains correct even where the map cannot load.

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.
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; OS Outdoor and OS Explorer 1:25 000 via the OS Maps API — contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights; magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
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.