Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Crockleford Heath, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Crockleford Heath 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 Crockleford Heath, 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 | Crockleford Heath |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.899405 |
| Longitude | 0.962806 |
| Place Type | Village |
Crockleford Heath emerges from the quiet Essex clay, a modest collection of habitations defined by the steady, unpretentious pulse of the Tendring landscape. It lies 2.8 miles east-north-east of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 76°T, OS grid TM 039 264), and is situated south-east of Fox Street village. The terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the low sun catches the damp edges of the fields and turns the winter stubble into thin lines of pale gold. To the northwest, the Salary Brook carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy earth, its waters reflecting the grey clarity of the eastern sky. The horizon is marked by the distant, rising mass of John de Bois Hill, which anchors the view and provides a subtle weight to the otherwise level horizon. Crockleford Heath maintains a character formed by this proximity to open, working land, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the sharp, clean air of the nearby reservoirs. One observes how the light lingers longer on the hedges here, defining the boundaries of the paddocks with a crisp, geometric precision. Life in Crockleford Heath moves in rhythm with the passing seasons, observing the slow transition of the flora rather than the frantic pace of the neighbouring market town.
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Explore Crockleford Heath, 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: 51.899405, 0.962806. 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. |