Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Balls Green, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balls Green 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Balls Green, 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.
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| Place | Balls Green |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.876564 |
| Longitude | 1.037401 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Balls Green emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Tendring district as a quiet gathering of homes defined by the steady, unadorned character of the Essex countryside. It lies 3.6 miles east-north-east of Wivenhoe (from Wivenhoe: bearing 68°T, OS grid TM 091 241), and is situated north of Frating Green village. Sunlight here has a way of bleaching the lane-sides, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields toward the nearby Tenpenny Brook. This modest watercourse winds through the landscape with a silver, serpentine patience, feeding the low-lying earth that sustains the local agricultural rhythm. To the north-north-west, the Great Bromley Village Sign stands as a solitary sentinel of local identity, marking the transition between the quiet lanes of Balls Green and the wider parish beyond. The air often carries the scent of damp soil and turned furrows, a reminder of the ancient, working relationship between the inhabitants and their heavy, clay-rich fields. Even in the height of summer, Balls Green maintains a reserved stillness, as if the land itself prefers to observe the turning seasons without interruption. Such quietude allows the mind to drift toward the historic artistry of the nearby Beth Chatto Gardens, where the deliberate cultivation of plants contrasts sharply with the wilder, pragmatic meadows that surround the houses here. This distinct landscape remains an honest expression of the Eastern region, where the sky feels vast and the horizon offers a persistent, grounding clarity.
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Explore Balls Green, 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: 51.876564, 1.037401. 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. |