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Blake End Essex Map

Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern

Explore Blake End, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blake End 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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PlaceBlake End
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughBraintree
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.878115
Longitude0.472132
Place TypeHamlet

About Blake End

Blake End emerges from the quiet geometry of the Essex landscape as a collection of dwellings shaped by the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland. It lies 3.5 miles west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 270°T, OS grid TL 702 228), and is situated north-north-east of Bannister Green village. The light here often catches the flat horizons, turning the arable fields into stretches of pale gold that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped. Travelers passing through might notice the nearby Porter's Hall Moated Site, a subtle reminder of the medieval earthworks that once defined the security and social order of these low-lying acres. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the presence of Saling Grove offers a dense, verdant counterpoint to the open agricultural rhythm that dictates life in Blake End. The air carries a stillness common to this part of the Braintree district, where the wind moves across the stubble with a persistent, dry clarity. Daily life in Blake End remains anchored to the quiet maintenance of lane and hedgerow, far from the insistent noise of larger industrial centres. Even in the greyest months, the texture of the landscape reveals a stark, functional beauty that relies on nothing more than the horizon and the turning of the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Saling Grove (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.5 mi, 006° N · 23 ha
  • Porter'S Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 290° WNW
  • Flitch Way Railway Carriage Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 103° ESE
  • Felstar Vineyard and Brewery (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 149° SSE
  • Raynehall Green (Park) — 1.9 mi, 093° E
  • Chapel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 031° NNE
  • Bird of Freedom (Public Artwork) — 2.0 mi, 115° ESE
  • Milch Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 150° SSE
  • Great Notley Country Park (Park) — 2.2 mi, 120° ESE
  • Medieval Tile Kilns S Of Church End (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 277° W · 2 ha
  • Pods Brook (River) — 2.5 mi, 093° E
  • Brook House Brook (River) — 2.5 mi, 007° N
  • The Annual Famous Cristmas Lights Of Nayling Road (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 092° E
  • Leez Augustinian Priory, Fishponds And Tudor Mansion, Leez (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 188° S · 37 ha
  • Lodge Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 175° S
  • Leez Priory (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 184° S
  • Lavender Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 168° SSE
  • Mill Race (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 225° SW
  • The Bauble (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 089° E
  • Warner Textile Archive (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 092° E
  • John Ray Garden (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 084° E
  • Braintree Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 090° E
  • Dunmow Maltings (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 266° W
  • Clopton Hall (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 255° WSW
  • Bovingdon Hall Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.0 mi, 048° NE · 71 ha
  • Garnetts Wood / Barnston Lays Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.0 mi, 236° WSW · 25 ha
  • Great Bardfield Cottage Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 341° NNW
  • Pleshey Mount (Viewpoint) — 5.7 mi, 206° SSW
  • Pleshey Castle (Historic Ruins) — 5.7 mi, 206° SSW
  • Stisted Hall (Historic House / Palace) — 5.8 mi, 080° E

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About This Blake End Map Page

Explore Blake End, 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: 51.878115, 0.472132. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.