Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Rochford · Region: Eastern
Explore Courtsend, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Courtsend 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 Courtsend, 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 | Courtsend |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Rochford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.604925 |
| Longitude | 0.923089 |
| Place Type | Village |
Courtsend remains a quiet sentinel of the Essex coast, defined by the vast, salt-scoured horizon that stretches toward the North Sea. It lies 4.7 miles east-south-east of Burnham-on-Crouch (from Burnham-on-Crouch: bearing 107°T, OS grid TR 025 936), and is situated east-north-east of Churchend village. The light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, reflecting off the tidal flats where the grey sky meets the mud-slicked earth in an unending, shifting embrace. To the north-north-west, the reed beds of Little Shell Corner and Ware Corner sway under a persistent wind, marking the transition from firm ground to the saline mysteries of the marsh. Courtsend occupies a low-lying geography where the air tastes perpetually of brine and drying silt. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, stark silhouettes of military remnants, echoing a time when the coastline served as a watchful frontier. Across the expansive landscape, the Foulness SSSI exerts a profound silence, its thousands of hectares of protected habitat serving as a sanctuary for migratory birds that navigate by the pull of the tides. Here, the passage of the day is marked not by the chime of a clock, but by the rhythmic advance and retreat of the water against the reclaimed land.
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Explore Courtsend, 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: 51.604925, 0.923089. 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. |