Traditional county: Essex · Unitary authority: Thurrock · Region: Eastern
Explore South Stifford, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the South Stifford 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 South Stifford, 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 | South Stifford |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| Unitary Authority | Thurrock |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.481064 |
| Longitude | 0.298240 |
| Place Type | Village |
South Stifford retains a quiet, persistent gravity, anchored by the slow passage of light over the industrial scars of the Thames estuary. It lies 1.2 miles west of Grays (from Grays: bearing 276°T, OS grid TQ 596 782), and is situated south-west of Chafford Hundred village. The landscape here is defined by a deep, chalky memory, where the earth has been hollowed out to feed the hunger of construction and lime. To the south-east, the Lion Pit Sssi preserves a fragile, rugged terrain where rare orchids once claimed the spoil heaps as their own. South Stifford watches as the nearby Chafford Gorges Nature Park softens these jagged, anthropogenic wounds into a sanctuary of reeds and hidden water. The air often carries the faint, metallic tang of the river, a reminder of the proximity to the working tides that have long shaped the local horizon. Even as modern transit routes pull at the edges of the perimeter, a stubborn, rural silence persists in the pockets of scrubland that remain undisturbed. Here, the transition from heavy excavation to wild, unkempt beauty suggests a place constantly waiting for the next transformation of its soil.
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Explore South Stifford, 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: 51.481064, 0.298240. 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. |