Traditional county: Essex · Unitary authority: Southend-on-Sea · Region: Eastern
Explore Prittlewell, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Prittlewell 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 | Prittlewell |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| Unitary Authority | Southend-on-Sea |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.553156 |
| Longitude | 0.708096 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Prittlewell holds a quiet dignity on the Essex coast. It lies 1.5 km north of Southend-on-Sea (from Southend-on-Sea: bearing 351°T, OS grid TQ 878 872). The ancient Priory, now a museum, whispers tales of monastic life, its weathered stones catching the pale sunlight that often softens the coastal air. Though the modern suburbs have stretched outwards, a sense of Prittlewell's older heart persists in its tree-lined avenues and the gentle slope of its land towards the estuary. The air here can carry the distant tang of salt, a reminder of the proximity to the sea, even when the water itself is out of sight. This is a place where the past is not entirely buried, but rather lives alongside the present, a quiet coexistence under the wide East Anglian sky.
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Explore Prittlewell, 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: 51.553156, 0.708096. 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. |