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Great Chesterford Essex Map

Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Uttlesford · Region: Eastern

Explore Great Chesterford, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Chesterford 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.

Interactive Map of Great Chesterford, Essex

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Chesterford, 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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PlaceGreat Chesterford
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughUttlesford
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.064299
Longitude0.197243
Place TypeVillage

About Great Chesterford

Great Chesterford reveals a landscape where the sharp clarity of the Essex light catches the flint-knapped walls of its oldest cottages. It lies 3.4 miles north-west of Saffron Walden (from Saffron Walden: bearing 326°T, OS grid TL 507 429), and is situated north-west of Little Chesterford village. Beneath the modern fields of Great Chesterford, the earth holds the quiet ghosts of a Roman town, its boundaries marked by the sprawling, silent footprint of the Scheduled Monument that guards the western edge of the parish. The terrain here rises with a subtle, deliberate grace towards the high ground of Coploe Hill, where the wind carries the scent of chalk and open sky across the valley. Centuries of agricultural industry have smoothed the contours of the land, leaving behind a rhythm of open furrows that change hue from the pale gold of ripening barley to the deep, bruised brown of winter earth. Great Chesterford maintains a distinct character through its proximity to the ancient Romano-Celtic temple site, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the clutter of progress. This geography offers a profound stillness, allowing the movement of the seasons to dictate the pace of life far more effectively than any modern clock.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Roman Fort, Roman Town, Roman And Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries At Great Chesterford (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 272° W · 21 ha
  • Roman Villa Site S Of Rose Villa (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 284° WNW · 3 ha
  • Romano-Celtic Temple 400M South Of Dell'S Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 054° NE · 1 ha
  • Coploe Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 235° SW
  • Heavy Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 193° SSW
  • Hildersham Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.4 mi, 048° NE · 8 ha
  • The Slade (River) — 2.5 mi, 107° ESE
  • Brewery Field (Park) — 2.7 mi, 318° NW
  • Duxford Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.8 mi, 316° NW
  • Springwood column (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 156° SSE
  • Organic Kitchen Garden (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 164° SSE
  • Duxford Chapel (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 335° NNW
  • Saffron Walden Hedge Maze (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 146° SSE
  • Bridge End Gardens (Park) — 3.2 mi, 145° SE
  • Place Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 159° SSE
  • Audley End House and Gardens (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 162° SSE
  • New Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 149° SSE
  • Audley End (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 3.3 mi, 163° SSE · 248 ha
  • Saffron Walden Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 145° SE
  • Walden Castle (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 145° SE
  • Pampisford Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.4 mi, 005° N · 44 ha
  • Airborne Assault (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 311° NW
  • Royal Anglian Regiment Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 311° NW
  • IWM Duxford (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 304° WNW
  • Nunn Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.5 mi, 092° E · 10 ha
  • British Airliner Collection (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 304° NW
  • The Maze, Saffron Walden (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.6 mi, 142° SE
  • Saffron Screen (Cinema) — 3.6 mi, 156° SSE
  • Linton Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.7 mi, 059° ENE
  • St Dunstan's Church (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 228° SW

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About This Great Chesterford Map Page

Explore Great Chesterford, 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: 52.064299, 0.197243. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.