Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Brentwood · Region: Eastern
Explore Swallows Cross, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swallows Cross 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 | Swallows Cross |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Brentwood |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.664876 |
| Longitude | 0.329933 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Swallows Cross, a quiet hamlet in Essex, offers a serene glimpse into rural England. It lies 5.1 km north-north-east of Brentwood (from Brentwood: bearing 19°T, OS grid TQ 612 988), and is situated east-south-east of Wyatt's Green village. The gentle sweep of the surrounding fields, often catching the soft, diffused light of the eastern sky, gives Swallows Cross a tranquil character. Here, the hedgerows, thick with the promise of summer berries, speak of a long agricultural heritage. The air carries the faint scent of damp earth and distant livestock, a subtle perfume that grounds the senses. Though small, Swallows Cross possesses a quiet dignity, a place where the passage of time feels measured by the changing seasons rather than the hurried pulse of larger centres.
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Explore Swallows Cross, 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: 51.664876, 0.329933. 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. |