Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Borley, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Borley 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 | Borley |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.055659 |
| Longitude | 0.688473 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Borley, a quiet hamlet within the Braintree district of Essex, holds a subtle charm in the Eastern region of England. It lies 3.5 km west-north-west of Sudbury (from Sudbury: bearing 302°T, OS grid TL 844 431), and is situated west-south-west of Rodbridge Corner village. The landscape around Borley is one of gently rolling fields, often bathed in a soft, diffused light that lends a serene quality to the afternoon. Ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, trace the boundaries of meadows where cattle graze with a quiet contentment. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and growing things, a perfume distinct to this corner of East Anglia. Though not grand, the cluster of houses that comprise Borley speaks of a long, unhurried existence, each dwelling seemingly settled into the land as if it had always belonged.
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Explore Borley, 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: 52.055659, 0.688473. 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. |