Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Braintree Corner, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Braintree Corner 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 Braintree Corner, 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 | Braintree Corner |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.965332 |
| Longitude | 0.598433 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Braintree Corner emerges from the Essex landscape as a quiet junction where lanes meet the patient, enduring rhythms of the countryside. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Halstead (from Halstead: bearing 316°T, OS grid TL 786 328), and is situated south-south-east of Sible Hedingham village. The low-lying terrain here feels shaped by the persistent, silver passage of the Swan Street Brook, which meanders through the fields just to the north-east. Sunlight often catches the moisture lingering over the nearby Mill Pond, casting a pale, reflective glow that softens the edges of the surrounding hedgerows. Beyond the immediate fields, the ground rises toward the slopes of Starling's Hill, providing a subtle elevation that watches over the quiet intersection of Braintree Corner. The air here carries a clarity peculiar to this corner of the county, where the horizon remains broad and unencumbered by the clamour of larger thoroughfares. Residents observe the change of seasons in the sharpening of the wind against the trees and the slow, deliberate turning of the earth in the neighbouring paddocks. This geography dictates a life of measured pace, where the character of the land dictates the simple, honest beauty of the everyday.
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Explore Braintree Corner, 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: 51.965332, 0.598433. 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. |