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Harlow Common Essex Map

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

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

How to Use This Harlow Common, Essex Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Harlow Common, 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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PlaceHarlow Common
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughHarlow
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.753138
Longitude0.133596
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Harlow Common

Harlow Common preserves a singular stillness that feels detached from the restless expansion of the surrounding Essex landscape. It lies 1.9 miles east-south-east of Harlow (from Harlow: bearing 124°T, OS grid TL 473 082), and is situated west-south-west of Foster Street village. The terrain here rises in modest, clay-heavy swells that catch the late afternoon light, casting long shadows across the open expanse of the namesake park just half a mile to the east. Ancient echoes linger in the soil, particularly toward the south where the remnants of Latton Priory mark a quieter, ecclesiastical chapter of the local timeline. Here, the boundary between the managed suburban fringe and the older, agricultural geography remains porous, defined by hedgerows that thicken with the seasons. A sense of deliberate isolation persists, as if the modern world merely brushes against the edges of the fields without truly claiming them. Further toward the horizon, the silhouette of the landscape shifts, offering a subtle reminder of the proximity to the encroaching urban sprawl. Harlow Common retains an austere, unadorned composure that persists even as the seasons turn the local foliage from a sharp, vibrant green to a brittle, muted bronze.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Harlow Common (Park) — 0.5 mi, 077° ENE
  • Cat Mask 1 (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 293° WNW
  • The Clock Tower (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 335° NNW
  • Latton Priory (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 201° SSW · 7 ha
  • Netteswell Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 307° NW
  • Netteswellbury Barn, Netteswell (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 305° NW
  • Shonks Brook (River) — 1.5 mi, 122° ESE
  • Moated Site 350M South Of Dorrington Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 231° SW · 1 ha
  • Rye Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 227° SW
  • Mark Hall Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 343° NNW
  • Harlow Museum & Walled Gardens (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 347° NNW
  • Harlowbury Brook (River) — 2.0 mi, 021° NNE
  • Harlow Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 245° WSW · 45 ha
  • Harlow Town Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.2 mi, 318° NW · 39 ha
  • Victoria Hall (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 003° N
  • Canal Boat Project (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 319° NW
  • Overflow Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 149° SSE
  • Roman Columns (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 012° NNE
  • North Weald Airfield Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 161° SSE
  • The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 183° S
  • Ada Cole Rescue Stables (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 262° W
  • Epping And Ongar Railway (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 156° SSE
  • Ongar Redoubt (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 145° SE
  • John Locke (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 087° E
  • The Osier Bed (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 010° N
  • Hunsdon Mead Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.7 mi, 298° WNW · 34 ha
  • Stocks & Lock-up (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 289° WNW
  • Epping Signalling Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 192° SSW
  • Clay Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 4.5 mi, 267° W
  • Copped Hall (Historic Ruins) — 4.9 mi, 215° SW

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About This Harlow Common Map Page

Explore Harlow Common, 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: 51.753138, 0.133596. 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.