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Water End Essex Map

Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Uttlesford · Region: Eastern

Explore Water End, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Water End 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.

Interactive Map of Water End, Essex

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PlaceWater End
Traditional CountyEssex
District / BoroughUttlesford
RegionEastern
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude52.042159
Longitude0.314246
Place TypeHamlet

About Water End

Water End captures the quietude of the Essex landscape, where the horizon stretches wide over fields of heavy, clay-rich loam. It lies 3.3 miles east-north-east of Saffron Walden (from Saffron Walden: bearing 67°T, OS grid TL 588 407), and is situated south-east of Church End village. Sunlight here has a way of lingering on the hedgerows, gilding the transition between the open arable acres and the hidden, dense thickets of Hales Wood. A short walk to the east, the slopes of Midsummer Hill rise with a modest but deliberate prominence, offering a vantage point over the shallow, winding creases of the countryside. The botanical richness of the nearby Ashdon Meadows SSSI marks the earth with seasonal colour, reflecting a terrain shaped by centuries of slow, methodical husbandry. Water End maintains a character defined by this proximity to protected woodland and ancient, untended margins where the wild flora thrives undisturbed. The stillness of the lanes suggests a place that has long prioritised the patience of the harvest over the haste of the modern thoroughfare. Residents of Water End observe the turning seasons in the subtle shift of shadows against the timber-framed eaves of neighbouring farmsteads.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Ashdon Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.5 mi, 143° SE · 1 ha
  • Midsummer Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 095° E
  • Medieval Settlement Immediately East Of All Saints Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 328° NNW · 2 ha
  • Ashdon Village Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 349° N
  • Hales And Shadwell Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.9 mi, 275° W · 15 ha
  • Hales Wood (National Nature Reserve) — 1.0 mi, 257° WSW · 8 ha
  • Red Oaks Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.2 mi, 120° ESE
  • St Aylott'S Moated Site And Fishpond (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 245° WSW
  • Bragg's Mill (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 023° NNE
  • Moll Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 242° WSW
  • Water Lane Ditch (River) — 1.9 mi, 160° SSE
  • Lower House Brook (River) — 2.0 mi, 145° SE
  • Tiptoft'S Moated Site And Fishponds (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 209° SSW
  • Radwinter Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 153° SSE
  • The Common (Park) — 3.1 mi, 246° WSW
  • The Maze, Saffron Walden (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 245° WSW
  • Saffron Walden Turf Maze (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 246° WSW
  • Jubilee Gardens (Park) — 3.3 mi, 246° WSW
  • Saffron Walden Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 250° WSW
  • Walden Castle (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 250° WSW
  • Saffron Walden Hedge Maze (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 253° WSW
  • Smithfield Bottom (Valley) — 3.5 mi, 210° SSW
  • New Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 248° WSW
  • The Close (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 250° WSW
  • Saffron Walden Amazes (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 249° WSW
  • Linton Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.9 mi, 332° NNW
  • Hunters' Well (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 227° SW
  • Saffron Screen (Cinema) — 4.0 mi, 244° WSW
  • Springwood column (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 256° WSW
  • Audley End (Historic Park or Garden (Grade I)) — 4.4 mi, 248° WSW · 248 ha

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About This Water End Map Page

Explore Water End, 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: 52.042159, 0.314246. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.