Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Birch Green, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birch 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.
| Place | Birch Green |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.836510 |
| Longitude | 0.819899 |
| Place Type | Village |
Birch Green holds its quiet place in the Essex countryside. It lies 8.0 km south-west of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 223°T, OS grid TL 943 190), and is situated north of Layer Breton village. The land around Birch Green, a gentle swell of earth, often catches the low-slung light of late afternoon, turning the distant hedgerows to threads of gold. Though no grand abbey or imposing castle marks its immediate landscape, the very soil of Birch Green seems to hum with the passage of generations who have worked its fields, their labour a quiet dialogue with the seasons. A subtle scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke often hangs in the air, a comforting perfume of rural continuity.
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Explore Birch 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: 51.836510, 0.819899. 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. |