Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Maldon · Region: Eastern
Explore Goldhanger, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Goldhanger 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 | Goldhanger |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Maldon |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.747845 |
| Longitude | 0.751533 |
| Place Type | Village |
Goldhanger rests on the Dengie Peninsula, a landscape shaped by the ebb and flow of tides. It lies 5.4 km east-north-east of Maldon (from Maldon: bearing 70°T, OS grid TL 900 090), and is situated south of Tolleshunt Major village. The village's name, hinting at ancient valuations, evokes a sense of enduring connection to the land, where the marshy ground meets the estuary's embrace. A church, its stone weathered by countless coastal winds, stands as a quiet sentinel, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the ever-changing sky. The air here often carries the faint scent of salt and damp earth, a constant reminder of the maritime influence that has shaped this corner of Essex. Even in the midday sun, a certain soft luminosity seems to cling to the broad fields surrounding Goldhanger, as if the very light has been filtered through a fine mist.
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Explore Goldhanger, 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: 51.747845, 0.751533. 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. |