Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Basildon · Region: Eastern
Explore Kingswood, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Kingswood 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 | Kingswood |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Basildon |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.563988 |
| Longitude | 0.463103 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Kingswood unfolds with a quiet dignity, a suburban expanse in Essex where the sky often stretches in wide, pale washes. It lies 1.0 km south-east of Basildon (from Basildon: bearing 135°T, OS grid TQ 708 878). The streetscapes here are a blend of mid-20th century practicality and the emergent greens of well-tended gardens, where the wind carries the scent of cut grass and distant traffic. Older residents recall a time when the fields surrounding Kingswood were more expansive, a memory held in the very grain of the older houses, their brickwork softened by the passage of years and the gentle Essex light. The local roads, broad and unhurried, trace paths that once led to more rural pursuits, a subtle echo of an agricultural past beneath the hum of modern life. Here, life moves with a steady cadence, a comfortable rhythm that feels both familiar and distinctly its own.
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Explore Kingswood, 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: 51.563988, 0.463103. 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. |