Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Ovington, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ovington 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 | Ovington |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.050499 |
| Longitude | 0.576549 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Ovington remains a quiet expanse of agrarian stillness, defined by the slow shifting of light across the Essex fields. It lies 1.9 miles south of Clare (from Clare: bearing 186°T, OS grid TL 767 422), and is situated east of Ashen village. The landscape here draws its character from the nearby Stour Vale, where the river carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the heavy clay earth. Beyond the immediate horizon, the historical echoes of the landscape are marked by the presence of the Ashen House Moat and Fishpond, a silent remnant of medieval domesticity that lingers in the damp air. Ovington holds to a modest geometry, where narrow lanes connect small clusters of homes to the wider, open stretches of the Braintree district. The atmosphere is often weighted with the scent of turned soil, grounding the inhabitant in the immediate cycle of the seasons. To the west, the cooling waters of The Waver provide a reflective surface that catches the pale, transient clouds of the eastern sky. Each season brings a subtle modulation in colour, from the stark, skeletal browns of midwinter to the heavy, verdant gold of harvest.
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Explore Ovington, 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: 52.050499, 0.576549. 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. |