Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Mile End, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mile End 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 Mile End, 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 | Mile End |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.913021 |
| Longitude | 0.896749 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Mile End occupies a quiet stretch of Essex where the suburban sprawl begins to thin into the open fields of the north. It lies 1.6 miles north of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 356°T, OS grid TL 993 277), and is situated south-east of Great Horkesley village. The morning light here often catches the edges of modern brickwork, reflecting a crisp, pale clarity that seems to sharpen the transition between the domestic streets and the surrounding countryside. To the east, the ancient earthworks in Brinkley Grove offer a sudden, grassy interruption to the rhythmic geometry of housing, grounding the present in a deeper, silent history. Residents frequently walk the nearby paths of High Woods Country Park, where the canopy creates a heavy, muffled stillness that contrasts with the hum of the nearby transit routes. Mile End retains a sense of transition, caught between the gravity of the historic centre to the south and the widening, unhurried horizon of the rural north. The lanes here possess a particular texture, marked by the persistent, unremarkable passage of daily life that avoids the theatricality of the more famous landmarks further afield. It is a place defined by its edges, where the sky feels a little wider and the air carries the faint, damp scent of the distant river valleys.
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Explore Mile End, 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: 51.913021, 0.896749. 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. |