Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Countess Cross, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Countess Cross 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 | Countess Cross |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.946603 |
| Longitude | 0.713407 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Countess Cross, a quiet hamlet in Essex, possesses a certain understated charm. It lies 5.5 km east of Halstead (from Halstead: bearing 87°T, OS grid TL 865 310), and is situated east-north-east of Colne Engaine village. The landscape surrounding Countess Cross often unfolds with a gentle, rolling quality, the fields catching the afternoon sun in a way that softens their contours. There is an enduring sense of agricultural heritage here, the land having been worked for generations, its productivity a quiet testament to human endeavour. The very air can seem to hold a certain stillness, a tranquil counterpoint to the more bustling centres of the county.
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Explore Countess Cross, 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: 51.946603, 0.713407. 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. |