Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Aldham, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Aldham 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.
| Place | Aldham |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.897861 |
| Longitude | 0.786060 |
| Place Type | Village |
Aldham, a quiet parish, graces the Colchester district of Essex with a gentle presence. It lies 7.5 km east-north-east of Coggeshall (from Coggeshall: bearing 67°T, OS grid TL 917 258), and is situated south-south-west of Fordstreet village. The landscape around Aldham unfolds in subtle contours, where fields of ripening grain might catch the late afternoon sun with a burnished glow, hinting at the agricultural bounty that has long sustained this locale. The village itself, though modest, possesses a certain enduring charm, its older buildings often presenting weathered brickwork that speaks of generations past, their roofs a varied tapestry against the ever-changing sky. The air here often carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a constant reminder of its rootedness in the rural heart of England. Aldham remains a place where the passage of time feels measured not by bustling crowds, but by the slow turning of the seasons and the enduring quietude of the countryside.
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Explore Aldham, 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: 51.897861, 0.786060. 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 | June 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. |