Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Chignall Smealy, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Chignall Smealy 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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| Place | Chignall Smealy |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.778611 |
| Longitude | 0.415800 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Chignall Smealy reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings where the Essex sky opens wide above the furrowed fields. It lies 3.8 miles north-west of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 319°T, OS grid TL 667 116), and is situated north of Chignall St James village. Low-lying clouds often catch the light here, casting long, melancholic shadows across the paths that lead toward the ancient earthworks of the Roman Villa 200M East Of Howletts. The wind carries a thin, sharp chill across the open acreage, a reminder of the centuries of toil pressed into the heavy, clay-rich soil. To the north, the earth rises toward the remnants of Pleshey Castle, where the silence of the high mount suggests a long-departed grandeur. Chignall Smealy maintains a modest dignity, its lanes bordered by hedges that hold the dampness of the morning mist long after the sun has climbed. The landscape remains stubbornly agricultural, dictated by the turning seasons and the slow, rhythmic crawl of the River Can threading through the southern meadows. Every turn in the road reinforces a sense of permanence, as if the very stones of the older buildings have learned to settle deeper into the earth with each passing winter.
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Explore Chignall Smealy, 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: 51.778611, 0.415800. 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. |