Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Leighs, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Leighs 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 Leighs |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.826740 |
| Longitude | 0.505600 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Leighs rests within the gentle contours of Essex, a place where the sky seems to hold a particular, quiet luminescence. It lies 6.6 km south-south-west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 210°T, OS grid TL 727 172), and is situated north-north-east of Little Leighs village. The landscape around Great Leighs unfolds in soft arable fields, a patchwork quilt stitched with hedgerows that whisper tales of seasons past, their textures catching the afternoon sun with a muted, earthy glow. The village itself, though modest, possesses a timeless quality, its houses drawing a quiet dignity from the surrounding countryside. The air here carries the faint, clean scent of cultivation, a subtle reminder of the land’s enduring bounty. Great Leighs is a place that absorbs the passing years with a calm, almost imperceptible grace.
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Explore Great Leighs, 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: 51.826740, 0.505600. 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. |