Traditional county: Essex · Unitary authority: Thurrock · Region: Eastern
Explore Fobbing, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fobbing 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 | Fobbing |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| Unitary Authority | Thurrock |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.534676 |
| Longitude | 0.472249 |
| Place Type | Village |
Fobbing keeps its own counsel, a stubborn outcrop of history rising above the low-lying reaches of the Thames Estuary. It lies 1.2 miles east-north-east of Stanford-le-Hope (from Stanford-le-Hope: bearing 57°T, OS grid TQ 715 846). The ancient church of St Michael stands at the heart of Fobbing, its flint-knapped tower watching over the shifting tides that pull at the nearby Vange & Fobbing Marshes Sssi. Beyond the churchyard, the land drains into the intricate, silvered arteries of Fobbing Creek, where the water reflects a sky that feels wider and more restless here than anywhere inland. Salt-tarnished winds scour the hedgerows, carrying the faint, briny memory of a time when the parish served as a haunt for smugglers moving contraband through the hidden sluices. Today, the quiet lanes retain a distinct, solitary character, unbothered by the heavy industry that hums in the distance along the river’s edge. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, bleaching the reeds to straw and defining the sharp edges of the embankments against the horizon. Fobbing remains a place of transition, where the solid clay of the Essex ridge meets the soft, encroaching breath of the wetlands.
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Explore Fobbing, 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: 51.534676, 0.472249. 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. |