Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Rotten End, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rotten End 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 | Rotten End |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.937838 |
| Longitude | 0.519135 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rotten End emerges from the quiet, agricultural folds of the Essex landscape as a modest cluster of dwellings defined by the humble rhythm of the surrounding fields. It lies 4.4 miles north-north-west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 341°T, OS grid TL 732 295), and is situated east of Shalford village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the flint-work of nearby historic farmhouses and casting long, deliberate shadows across the narrow, winding lanes. A short distance to the south-west, the quiet expanse of Stoneley Park offers a reprieve of open grass, grounding the rural character of the hamlet in a legacy of managed, verdant space. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Rotten End, the terrain rises and dips with a subtle persistence, suggesting a landscape shaped more by the patient toil of generations than by dramatic geological upheaval. To the west, the still, reflective surface of Lady’s Hole draws the eye, providing a cool, watery contrast to the dusty warmth of the summer hedgerows. Life in Rotten End remains tethered to these quiet, terrestrial textures, where the passage of time is marked less by the clamour of industry and more by the steady, seasonal turning of the earth.
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Explore Rotten End, 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: 51.937838, 0.519135. 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. |