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Henham Essex Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Henham, 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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PlaceHenham
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughUttlesford
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.933456
Longitude0.248000
Place TypeVillage

About Henham

Henham reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its ancient field patterns and the pale, silver light that settles over the Essex clay. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Stansted Mountfitchet (from Stansted Mountfitchet: bearing 48°T, OS grid TL 546 284), and is situated north-north-east of Elsenham village. The landscape surrounding Henham holds a deep, weighted stillness, punctuated only by the subtle movement of Tilty Brook as it winds eastward through the heavy earth. Just a short walk away, the Henham Hall Moated Site remains as a dark, shadowed indentation upon the land, a relic of a time when water served as both barrier and boundary. To the west, the Hall’s Quarry SSSI offers a stark contrast, where the soil reveals the hidden mineral history of the region in layers of exposed stone. The architecture of the parish church stands as a pale sentinel, its tower catching the low sun during the long, amber hours of late afternoon. Life here follows the slow turning of the seasons, moving in rhythm with the harvest rather than the clock. Henham preserves a sense of enclosure, where the horizon is defined not by grand features, but by the gentle, rolling contours that soften the sharp edges of the sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Henham Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 310° NW
  • Old Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 041° NE
  • Hall'S Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 259° W
  • Tilty Brook (River) — 1.8 mi, 090° E
  • Crabtree Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.9 mi, 335° NNW
  • Quendon Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 296° WNW · 34 ha
  • Widdington Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.0 mi, 355° N
  • Broxted Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 079° E
  • Prior'S Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 348° NNW · 1 ha
  • Prior's Hall Barn (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 346° NNW
  • Stansted Brook (River) — 2.4 mi, 212° SSW
  • Quendon & Rickling (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 293° WNW
  • Quendon Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.6 mi, 320° NW · 64 ha
  • Jubilee Arch (1935) (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 230° SW
  • Stansted Mountfitchet Castle (Castle) — 2.9 mi, 223° SW
  • House on the Hill Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 224° SW
  • The Common (Park) — 3.4 mi, 336° NNW
  • Elephant Green (Park) — 3.8 mi, 339° NNW
  • Perryfield Ponds (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 130° SE
  • Easton Lodge (site of) (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 135° SE
  • John Webb's Windmill (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 072° ENE
  • Motte (Castle) — 4.3 mi, 118° ESE
  • Smithfield Bottom (Valley) — 4.6 mi, 013° NNE
  • Great Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.7 mi, 132° SE
  • The Crump (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 275° W
  • Hatfield Forest (Forest / Woodland) — 5.2 mi, 187° S
  • Clavering Castle (Castle) — 5.2 mi, 296° WNW
  • Shell House (Museum) — 5.4 mi, 186° S
  • Saffron Screen (Cinema) — 5.8 mi, 353° N
  • Audley End (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 6.0 mi, 348° NNW · 248 ha

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About This Henham Map Page

Explore Henham, 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: 51.933456, 0.248000. 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.