Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Epping Forest · Region: Eastern
Explore Greensted, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Greensted 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.
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| Place | Greensted |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Epping Forest |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.703693 |
| Longitude | 0.227313 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Greensted anchors a quiet corner of the Epping Forest district, where the heavy pulse of the modern world fades into the slow respiration of ancient timber and clay. It lies 0.8 miles west of Chipping Ongar (from Chipping Ongar: bearing 268°T, OS grid TL 540 028). Sunlight here catches the pale, vertical split-oak trunks of the parish church, a structure that has weathered centuries with a stubborn, grey dignity. Beyond the churchyard, the landscape slopes gently toward the damp, low-lying grasses of the Cripsey Brook Nature Reserve, where the water moves with a sluggish, glass-like clarity. To the east, the earth rises slightly toward the earthworks of Ongar Castle, marking a ridge where medieval authority once cast a long, cold shadow over the valley floor. The air in Greensted carries a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and wood smoke, particularly when the wind shifts from the north. Mature oaks frame the horizon, their branches reaching out like gnarled hands to grasp the low, autumnal light that defines the Essex plains. Greensted maintains a stillness that feels intentional, a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual silvering of timber and the seasonal swelling of the brook.
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Explore Greensted, 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: 51.703693, 0.227313. 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 | August 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. |