Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Basildon · Region: Eastern
Explore Bowers Gifford, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bowers Gifford 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 Bowers Gifford, 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 | Bowers Gifford |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Basildon |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.566003 |
| Longitude | 0.520255 |
| Place Type | Village |
Bowers Gifford stretches across the flat, expansive terrain of the Essex landscape, where the horizon feels vast and unencumbered by the weight of modern clutter. It lies 2.9 miles east of Basildon (from Basildon: bearing 96°T, OS grid TQ 747 882), and is situated south-west of North Benfleet village. Low-lying fields define the character of Bowers Gifford, which gradually gives way to the saline air and tidal rhythms of the nearby Pitsea Marsh. The golden light of late afternoon often catches the reeds there, turning the water into a mirror that reflects the shifting moods of the sky. A short distance away, the quiet elevation of Church Hill offers a vantage point from which to observe the land’s slow descent toward the Thames Estuary. Residents may walk toward the green spaces of Howard Park, where the soil holds the damp, cool memory of the winter rains. The proximity to these wetlands ensures that the air remains perpetually crisp, carrying the faint, briny scent of the coast inland. Such geography shapes the lives of those who dwell here, grounding them in a landscape that values the quiet persistence of the earth over the clamour of busier horizons.
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Explore Bowers Gifford, 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: 51.566003, 0.520255. 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. |