Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Epping Forest · Region: Eastern
Explore Housham Tye, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Housham Tye 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 Housham Tye, 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 | Housham Tye |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Epping Forest |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.779067 |
| Longitude | 0.180442 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Housham Tye emerges as a quiet collection of dwellings where the Essex landscape stretches toward the horizon in long, muted strokes of ochre and green. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-east of Sawbridgeworth (from Sawbridgeworth: bearing 151°T, OS grid TL 505 111), and is situated west of Matching Tye village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the edges of ancient hedgerows and the quiet, persistent pulse of the nearby Harlowbury Brook as it winds through the low-lying fields. History remains tethered to the soil, most visibly at the moated site known as Tadgells, where the ghosts of medieval foundations sleep beneath a veil of wild grasses and seasonal brambles. These remnants provide a grounding weight to the open, expansive sky that dominates the view over the surrounding flatlands. Further to the north-east, the grand proportions of Down Hall exert a subtle influence on the horizon, its presence reminding one of the enduring interplay between human artifice and the natural world. Housham Tye retains a sense of seclusion that seems to slow the passage of the day, leaving space for the wind to stir the leaves in a rhythm quite distinct from the hurried pace of larger centres. Every lane and boundary serves as a quiet witness to the gradual shifts in the surrounding countryside, where the earth feels as though it has been turned by the same hands for generations.
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Explore Housham Tye, 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: 51.779067, 0.180442. 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. |