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Canvey Village Essex Map

Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Castle Point · Region: Eastern

Explore Canvey Village, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Canvey Village 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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PlaceCanvey Village
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughCastle Point
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.518456
Longitude0.562964
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Canvey Village

Canvey Village emerges from the flat, reclaimed marshlands as a testament to the persistent human endeavour to tether life to the shifting silt of the Thames Estuary. It lies 1.3 miles west-south-west of Canvey Island (from Canvey Island: bearing 256°T, OS grid TQ 779 830). Low horizons dominate the perspective here, where the salt-heavy air carries the faint, metallic scent of the nearby Charfleet Dyke. Canvey Village sits within a landscape defined by its hydraulic history, with deep-cut water channels carving geometric lines through the verdant, grazing-heavy terrain. A short distance to the north, the Canvey Island Heritage Centre Museum preserves the peculiar, resilient spirit of those who first drained these precarious acres. The light across these levels is often thin and searching, casting long, stark shadows that accentuate the utilitarian architecture of the post-war expansion. Farther west, the sprawling, wild expanse of the Canvey Wick Sssi thrives on the forgotten industrial detritus, turning abandoned oil refinery sites into a sanctuary for rare, sun-loving insects. Life in Canvey Village moves with the quiet gravity of a place that understands its own vulnerability to the encroaching tides.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Charfleet Dyke (River) — 0.2 mi, 230° SW
  • Canvey Island Heritage Centre Museum (Museum) — 0.2 mi, 357° N
  • Sluice Farm Dyke (River) — 0.5 mi, 261° W
  • Dutch Cottage Museum (Museum) — 0.5 mi, 329° NNW
  • Holehaven Point (Wetland) — 0.7 mi, 211° SSW
  • Roman Saltern 260M South East Of Great Russell Head Farm, Canvey Island (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 009° N · 2 ha
  • Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gunsite, 170M South West Of The Junction Of Cedar Road And West Crescent (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 062° ENE
  • Canvey Wick Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 284° WNW · 93 ha
  • Shellhaven Point (Wetland) — 1.0 mi, 242° WSW
  • The Bay Museum (Museum) — 1.1 mi, 109° ESE
  • Canvey Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 068° ENE
  • Movie Starr (Cinema) — 1.5 mi, 105° ESE
  • Hadleigh Ray (Beach) — 1.8 mi, 047° NE
  • Battle of Benfleet (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 358° N
  • Kismet Park (Park) — 2.0 mi, 098° E
  • East Haven (Viewpoint) — 2.1 mi, 334° NNW
  • Hadleigh Castle (Park) — 2.2 mi, 036° NE
  • Castle Point Transport Museum (Museum) — 2.2 mi, 092° E
  • Round Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.3 mi, 028° NNE
  • Salt Fleet (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 267° W
  • Cropenburg Canal (East) (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 089° E
  • Old Saltings (Viewpoint) — 2.4 mi, 328° NNW
  • Sandpit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.5 mi, 036° NE
  • Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gunsite On Sandpit Hill (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 036° NE · 2 ha
  • Camera Obscura (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 034° NE
  • Maze (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 044° NE
  • Hadleigh Castle Rare Breeds Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.7 mi, 043° NE
  • Thundersley Glen (Valley) — 2.9 mi, 015° NNE
  • Pitsea Marsh Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 314° NW · 92 ha
  • Chapman Sands (Beach) — 3.5 mi, 089° E

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About This Canvey Village Map Page

Explore Canvey Village, 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: 51.518456, 0.562964. 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.