Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Henny, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Henny 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 | Great Henny |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.006877 |
| Longitude | 0.714881 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Great Henny, a quiet corner of Essex, holds a subtle charm. It lies 3.8 km south-south-west of Sudbury (from Sudbury: bearing 198°T, OS grid TL 864 377), and is situated north of Twinstead village. The landscape around Great Henny unfolds with a gentle, painterly quality, the fields catching the low sun in swathes of gold and ochre, a scene that might have pleased a Dutch master. Its history, like the slow meander of nearby waterways, speaks of agricultural rhythms and the quiet persistence of rural life, a testament to the enduring connection between the land and those who tend it. The very air seems to carry the scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a fragrance of a place content in its own modest existence. The modest scatter of dwellings, often glimpsed through the soft haze of an English morning, suggests a continuity of habitation stretching back through generations.
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Explore Great Henny, 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: 52.006877, 0.714881. 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. |