Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Epping Forest · Region: Eastern
Explore High Ongar, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the High Ongar 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.
| Place | High Ongar |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Epping Forest |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.706235 |
| Longitude | 0.264651 |
| Place Type | Village |
High Ongar breathes a quiet dignity within the Epping Forest district of Essex. It lies 1.3 km east of Chipping Ongar (from Chipping Ongar: bearing 80°T, OS grid TL 565 032). The gentle sweep of the landscape around High Ongar, often bathed in the soft, diffused light of the English countryside, hints at ancient pathways and the slow turning of seasons. The parish church, St. Mary's, stands as a weathered sentinel, its stone warmed by centuries of sun and rain, a silent witness to the lives that have unfolded here. The fields surrounding High Ongar, a patchwork of greens and golds depending on the time of year, still echo with the industry of agriculture, a timeless pursuit under the vast expanse of the sky. A sense of quiet continuity pervades High Ongar, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is woven into the present day.
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Explore High Ongar, 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: 51.706235, 0.264651. 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 | June 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. |