Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore The Green, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Green 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 The Green, 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 | The Green |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.846700 |
| Longitude | 0.571221 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
The Green drifts into view as a quiet collection of dwellings where the Essex landscape folds itself into humble, arable creases. It lies 2.3 miles south-south-east of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 160°T, OS grid TL 772 195), and is situated south-south-east of Black Notley village. Sunlight here has a way of lingering on the low-slung hedgerows, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the horizon with the precision of a sundial. Only half a mile to the north-north-east, the Mill Stream gathers its pace, a thin ribbon of water that anchors the surrounding fields to a deeper, older logic of drainage and growth. The Green retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the clamour of larger thoroughfares, where the air smells faintly of damp earth and turning leaves. Residents may wander towards the John Ray Millennium Green, where the managed grasses offer a brief, emerald pause in the agricultural sweep of the district. Time moves with a heavy, steady pulse in these lanes, marked more by the turning of the seasons than by the ticking of a clock. The Green remains an unassuming witness to the quietude that defines this corner of the county.
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Explore The Green, 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: 51.846700, 0.571221. 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. |