Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Horsley Cross, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horsley Cross 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 Horsley Cross, 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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| Place | Horsley Cross |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.903830 |
| Longitude | 1.086235 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Horsley Cross emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Tendring landscape as a quiet junction where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant salt air. It lies 3.0 miles south-south-east of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 162°T, OS grid TM 124 273), and is situated north-north-east of Little Bentley village. Sunlight here strikes the fields with a stark, unyielding clarity, illuminating the long, straight lines of the roads that cut through the agricultural horizon. To the south-west, the ancient, hidden traces of the Henge and round barrow cemeteries remain pressed into the soil, silent witnesses to a deep, forgotten past. Horsley Cross functions as a steady pivot point for the local rhythm of movement, linking the quiet lanes of the countryside to the busier arteries of the region. A short distance away, the Little Bentley Village Sign stands as a singular, artistic marker, capturing the local pride that anchors these disparate stretches of road. The landscape around Horsley Cross feels vast and exposed, offering an unobstructed view of the sky that shifts from bruised purple to pale gold as the day fades into night. Such clarity of space gives the horizon a weight of its own, grounding the traveler in a geography defined by its openness and the endurance of its agrarian character.
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Explore Horsley Cross, 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: 51.903830, 1.086235. 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. |