Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Old Heath, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Heath 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 | Old Heath |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.872684 |
| Longitude | 0.924739 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Old Heath gathers its quiet essence on the Essex landscape, a place where the land exhales a subtle stillness. It lies 2.6 km south-east of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 137°T, OS grid TM 014 233), and is situated north-east of Berechurch village. The wide, pale sky often stretches over Old Heath, an unbroken canvas where clouds drift with a languid grace, casting fleeting shadows that momentarily alter the character of the fields. The houses here, often built of brick the colour of dried earth, seem to absorb the diffused light, giving them a gentle, enduring presence. A sense of unhurried continuity pervades Old Heath, as if the very air remembers the passage of generations who have walked these lanes.
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Explore Old Heath, 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: 51.872684, 0.924739. 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. |