Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Little Horkesley, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Horkesley 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 | Little Horkesley |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.952411 |
| Longitude | 0.853396 |
| Place Type | Village |
Little Horkesley whispers of a quiet persistence, its fields the colour of old parchment under a sky that often holds a tender, diffused light. It lies 7.7 km north-north-west of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 336°T, OS grid TL 961 320), and is situated west-north-west of Tye Green village. The land here, gently rolling and often softened by a fine mist, has long been given over to the cultivation of crops, the very air carrying a faint, earthy fragrance. In the heart of Little Horkesley stands a church, its stones weathered by seasons, a silent sentinel against the passing years. The lanes that thread through Little Horkesley are often fringed with hedgerows, thick with the promise of wild berries and the chattering of unseen birds. The occasional ancient oak, its branches reaching like gnarled fingers, speaks of a deeper, slower time.
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Explore Little Horkesley, 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: 51.952411, 0.853396. 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. |