Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Galley's Corner, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Galley's Corner 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 | Galley's Corner |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.868631 |
| Longitude | 0.581610 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Galley's Corner, a quiet ember of Essex, glows softly on the eastern fringes of Braintree. It lies 2.2 km east-south-east of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 118°T, OS grid TL 778 220), and is situated north of Tye Green village. The light here, when it catches the scattered rooftops and the yielding fields beyond, seems to possess a particular, almost liquid quality, as if filtered through a thin veil of dew. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or towering edifices, Galley's Corner carries the gentle hum of everyday life, a subtle melody played out across its modest expanse. One might imagine, on a clear afternoon, the distant murmur of the A12, a ribbon of sound that connects this peaceful corner to the wider world, while the hedgerows, thick with the promise of summer berries, stand as silent sentinels of the enduring countryside. The very air here seems to hold a certain stillness, a reflective pause in the ceaseless turning of the seasons.
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Explore Galley's Corner, 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: 51.868631, 0.581610. 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. |