Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Great Maplestead, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Maplestead 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 Maplestead |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.976075 |
| Longitude | 0.628557 |
| Place Type | Village |
Sunlight, when it finds Great Maplestead, seems to fall with a particular, gentle weight upon its fields and ancient dwellings. It lies 3.6 km north of Halstead (from Halstead: bearing 356°T, OS grid TL 806 341), and is situated west of Little Maplestead village. The land around Great Maplestead rolls with a soft, agricultural grace, a verdant canvas painted with the seasons, where hedgerows stand as patient sentinels. The village itself, a collection of homes and gardens, breathes a quiet dignity, its buildings bearing the subtle patina of generations who have lived and laboured here. One might imagine the murmur of ancient tongues carried on the breeze that rustles through the oak trees, a persistent echo of the past. The very air seems to hold a certain stillness, a contemplative quality that invites reflection on the enduring rhythms of rural life.
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Explore Great Maplestead, 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: 51.976075, 0.628557. 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. |