Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Pig Street, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Pig Street 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 Pig Street, 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 | Pig Street |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.843343 |
| Longitude | 1.157440 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Pig Street emerges from the flat, heavy clay of the Tendring landscape as a solitary cluster of dwellings gathered against the vast, pale sky of eastern England. It lies 3.7 miles north of Clacton-on-Sea (from Clacton-on-Sea: bearing 3°T, OS grid TM 175 207), and is situated south-south-west of Thorpe-le-Soken village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, open fields that drain toward the coast, where the quality of light often turns brittle and silver in the late afternoon. To the north-east, the mature grounds of Thorpe Hall offer a verdant counterpoint to the working farmland, its nineteenth-century estate boundaries marking a quiet contrast to the utilitarian lanes of Pig Street. A short distance to the west, the protected canopy of Weeleyhall Wood SSSI preserves a fragment of ancient, tangled wilderness that hums with a different, older vitality than the surrounding agricultural rows. Pig Street maintains a modest, unassuming character, defined more by the persistent wind sweeping off the North Sea than by any grand architectural flourish. The rhythm of life here remains tethered to the turning of the seasons, as the damp earth hardens or softens under the heavy boots of those who work the soil. Every lane in Pig Street serves as a reminder of the quiet, functional endurance required to thrive in this low-lying, wind-bitten corner of the county.
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Explore Pig Street, 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: 51.843343, 1.157440. 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. |