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Handley Green Essex Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Handley Green, 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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PlaceHandley Green
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughChelmsford
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.693639
Longitude0.399015
Place TypeHamlet

About Handley Green

Handley Green remains a quiet testament to the enduring patience of the Essex clay, where the horizon stretches out in long, unhurried lines of arable earth. It lies 4.4 miles south-west of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 227°T, OS grid TL 659 021), and is situated west-north-west of Margaretting village. The pale morning light often lingers over the fields, catching the edges of the ancient Roman Villa 100M North West Of Handley Barns, where remnants of a distant past sleep beneath the modern plough. Beneath these heavy skies, the land holds a stillness that suggests the slow, steady pulse of generations who have worked the soil. To the north-west, the dense canopy of High Woods gathers the shadows, providing a stark, dark contrast to the open agricultural expanse that defines the surrounding geography. Handley Green maintains a character defined by this proximity to the earth, feeling entirely removed from the frantic pace of the nearby county town. The air here holds the faint, metallic scent of damp furrow and turning seasons, carrying the quiet gravity of a place that has long outlived its own history. Every hedgerow and turn in the lane serves as a reminder of the quiet, deliberate pace at which life continues in this corner of the Chelmsford district.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Roman Villa 100M North West Of Handley Barns (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 250° WSW · 10 ha
  • Margaretting Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 112° ESE
  • Margaretting Brook (River) — 0.9 mi, 135° SE
  • High Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 290° WNW
  • Moated Site Known As Franklin'S Island (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 333° NNW
  • River Wid (River) — 1.8 mi, 166° SSE
  • Hylands House (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 053° NE
  • Barns Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 251° WSW
  • Ingatestone Hall (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 190° S
  • The Gore (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 018° NNE
  • Galleywood Common (Park) — 2.7 mi, 089° E
  • Newney Green Pit Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 349° N
  • Writtle Green (Park) — 2.8 mi, 027° NNE
  • Wear Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 028° NNE
  • Galleywood Brickworks (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 088° E
  • Thoby Priory (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 223° SW
  • Stock Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.1 mi, 145° SE
  • Chelmsford Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 054° NE
  • Old Water Pump (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 079° ENE
  • Chelmsford Minature Railway (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 044° NE
  • Conduit (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 035° NE
  • Peter Edwards Library & Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 048° NE
  • Civic Theatre (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 044° NE
  • The Gilson Family (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 048° NE
  • Great Fox Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.6 mi, 158° SSE
  • Old Court Theatre (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 050° NE
  • The Cater Museum (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 170° S
  • @BillericayCine (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 172° S
  • Essex Police Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 052° NE
  • Hanningfield Reservoir Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.1 mi, 121° ESE · 403 ha

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About This Handley Green Map Page

Explore Handley Green, 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: 51.693639, 0.399015. 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.