Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Rochford · Region: Eastern
Explore Little Wakering, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little Wakering 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.
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| Place | Little Wakering |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Rochford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.560686 |
| Longitude | 0.788957 |
| Place Type | Village |
Little Wakering retains a quiet, stoic character defined by the flat, expansive horizons of the Essex coast. It lies 3.6 miles east-north-east of Southend-on-Sea (from Southend-on-Sea: bearing 67°T, OS grid TQ 934 883), and is situated south-south-east of Barling village. Salt-laden breezes drift inland from the nearby Brimstone Saltings, where the tide retreats to expose mudflats that shimmer with an almost metallic, silver intensity under the late afternoon sun. The parish church, with its modest tower, serves as a steady anchor for the local landscape amidst fields that have been worked for centuries. Beyond the churchyard, the water of Little Wakering Creek traces a slow, serpentine path toward the North Sea, dictating the rhythm of the surrounding marshland. The architecture here favors red brick and dark timber, materials that seem to absorb the pale, diffused light of the eastern sky. Residents often walk the lanes where the air tastes of brine and damp earth, feeling the vast openness that separates this place from the encroaching urban sprawl. Little Wakering persists as a pragmatic, enduring corner of the countryside, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world.
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Explore Little Wakering, 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: 51.560686, 0.788957. 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. |