Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Chelmsford · Region: Eastern
Explore Little Leighs, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Leighs 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 Leighs |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Chelmsford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.820552 |
| Longitude | 0.499307 |
| Place Type | Village |
Little Leighs rests quietly in the Chelmsford district, a place where the land breathes a soft, rural sigh. It lies 7.4 km south-south-west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 210°T, OS grid TL 723 165), and is situated south-south-west of Great Leighs village. The landscape here, a gentle sweep of arable fields, often catches the afternoon sun in a particular way, a mellow, honeyed glow that seems to linger on the horizons. The roads that thread through Little Leighs are often bordered by hedgerows, thick with the rustle of unseen life, a quiet testament to the enduring countryside. The parish church, St. John the Evangelist, stands as a sentinel of local continuity, its ancient stones whispering tales of centuries past. Life in Little Leighs unfolds at a pace that allows for observation, for noticing the subtle shifts in the seasons painted across the fields.
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Explore Little Leighs, 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: 51.820552, 0.499307. 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. |