Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Braintree · Region: Eastern
Explore Waltham's Cross, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waltham's 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.
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| Place | Waltham's Cross |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Braintree |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.947644 |
| Longitude | 0.464167 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Waltham's Cross remains a quiet confluence of lanes where the Essex landscape stretches out in long, unhurried fields of heavy clay and winter wheat. It lies 5.1 miles east of Thaxted (from Thaxted: bearing 95°T, OS grid TL 694 305), and is situated west-south-west of Wethersfield village. Shallow ditches trace the edges of the roads, carrying the runoff of autumn rains toward the slow, reed-choked waters of Finchingfield Brook just a mile to the north-west. The horizon here is dominated by the wide, pale sky of the East, which casts a sharp, clear light over the hedgerows and the low-slung barns of the surrounding farms. To the east, the land rises slightly toward the verdant expanse of The Green, where the grass holds the memory of old grazing rights and the quiet passage of centuries. Waltham's Cross occupies a modest place in the Braintree district, defined more by the patient toil of the plough than by any grand architectural flourish. The air carries a scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the hamlet in a cycle of seasons that feels as persistent as the turning of the nearby waterwheels. Every turning lane offers a glimpse into a vernacular geometry of timber-framed structures and weathered brickwork that refuses to draw attention to itself.
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Explore Waltham's 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: 51.947644, 0.464167. 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. |