Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Colchester · Region: Eastern
Explore Welshwood Park, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Welshwood Park 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 | Welshwood Park |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Colchester |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.901219 |
| Longitude | 0.944301 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Welshwood Park breathes a quiet suburban air, a place where the edges of the countryside soften into the contours of habitation. It lies 3.3 km east-north-east of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 67°T, OS grid TM 026 266), and is situated south-south-west of Fox Street village. The light here, particularly in late afternoon, can lend a luminous quality to the well-kept gardens, the sun slanting low through the leaves of mature trees lining the streets. While not a place of grand historical pronouncements, Welshwood Park holds the subtle echoes of its development, its lanes reflecting a steady, considered growth that has shaped its present character. There is a certain peace in its ordered streets, a sense of lives lived with a gentle, unforced continuity. The distant hum of Colchester is a reminder of its proximity, yet here in Welshwood Park, a more measured pace prevails.
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Explore Welshwood Park, 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: 51.901219, 0.944301. 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. |