Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Uttlesford · Region: Eastern
Explore Hempstead, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hempstead 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Hempstead, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Essex or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Hempstead and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Hempstead |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Uttlesford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.016616 |
| Longitude | 0.378978 |
| Place Type | Village |
Hempstead occupies a quiet reach of the Essex plateau, where the land tilts gently toward the horizon under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 4.6 miles north-north-east of Thaxted (from Thaxted: bearing 19°T, OS grid TL 633 380), and is situated east of Radwinter village. The Hempstead Village Sign serves as a modest sentinel at the heart of the parish, marking a point where the local roads converge through fields of heavy clay. Nearby, the Wincelow Hall Moated Site remains as a silent, water-shadowed memory of medieval domesticity, its earthworks holding the stillness of centuries. A short distance to the south-east, The Howses Moated Site offers a similar glimpse into a past where homes were carved out of the damp, stubborn soil. The architecture of Hempstead reflects a long reliance on the surrounding arable expanse, with timber-framed dwellings that seem to have grown from the earth rather than being placed upon it. Light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the flint in the church walls and turning the dusk into a cool, silvered grey. These fields support a landscape that values endurance over spectacle, maintaining a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons.
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Explore Hempstead, 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: 52.016616, 0.378978. 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. |