Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Hornestreet, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Hornestreet 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 | Hornestreet |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.953404 |
| Longitude | 0.941258 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Hornestreet breathes the quiet air of the Essex countryside, a place where ancient paths meet the present day. It lies 7.6 km north-north-east of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 22°T, OS grid TM 022 324), and is situated north-west of Langham village. The fields around Hornestreet, sometimes catching the low sun in a wash of pale gold, speak of generations of careful cultivation, their patterns etched into the land. A modest church, its stone softened by the passing centuries, stands as a quiet sentinel, its bells a gentle call across the open skies. The lanes here, often bordered by hedgerows that hum with the industry of bees, offer a sense of peaceful seclusion. Hornestreet, though small, holds a timeless quality, a place where the wind whispers through the tall grasses and the distant calls of birds punctuate the stillness.
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Explore Hornestreet, 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: 51.953404, 0.941258. 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. |