Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Castle Point · Region: Eastern
Explore The Birches, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Birches 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 | The Birches |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Castle Point |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.571561 |
| Longitude | 0.627648 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
The Birches, a quiet settlement, basks in the gentle Essex light. It lies 2.2 km south-east of Rayleigh (from Rayleigh: bearing 139°T, OS grid TQ 821 891), and is situated east-north-east of Daws Heath village. The character of The Birches is one of subtle fields, where the cultivated land meets the wilder fringes of ancient woodland, a familiar sight to those who have travelled these lanes for generations. A sense of quiet continuity pervades, as if the very air remembers the passage of carts and the murmur of conversations long since faded. The pathways here, often bordered by hedgerows that hum with the industry of bees in high summer, offer a gentle invitation to explore the unassuming beauty of this corner of Castle Point.
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Explore The Birches, 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: 51.571561, 0.627648. 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. |