Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Maldon · Region: Eastern
Explore Purleigh, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Purleigh 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 | Purleigh |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Maldon |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.688608 |
| Longitude | 0.657314 |
| Place Type | Village |
Purleigh commands a high, ridge-top vantage point that surveys the sprawling clay plains of the Dengie Peninsula. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Maldon (from Maldon: bearing 197°T, OS grid TL 837 022), and is situated north-north-west of Cold Norton village. The light here seems to sharpen as it hits the heavy soil, catching the flint-work of All Saints’ Church which has watched over the fields for centuries. To the southeast, the earth rises in a quiet, archaic swell at the Purleigh Moated Mound, a site where the silence of the medieval past still lingers beneath the gnarled hawthorn. Farmers have worked these slopes for generations, their machinery tracing lines across the fields that mirror the ancient, deep-cut contours of the land. A short distance to the north-north-west, the rise of Spar Hill offers a break in the horizon, grounding the village in a landscape defined by its elevation and exposure to the North Sea breeze. The drainage of the local brooks creates a subtle, moisture-rich perimeter that sustains the orchards and arable crops for which the region remains respected. Purleigh retains an austere, elevated grace, holding its own against the wide, restless Essex sky.
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Explore Purleigh, 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: 51.688608, 0.657314. 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. |