Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Uttlesford · Region: Eastern
Explore Wicken Bonhunt, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wicken Bonhunt 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 | Wicken Bonhunt |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Uttlesford |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.976378 |
| Longitude | 0.175639 |
| Place Type | Village |
Wicken Bonhunt claims a quiet sovereignty over the rolling Essex clay, where the horizon stretches wide and pale under a vast, shifting sky. It lies 4.3 miles south-west of Saffron Walden (from Saffron Walden: bearing 221°T, OS grid TL 495 331), and is situated east-north-east of Hill Green village. Sunlight here has a way of lingering on the hedgerows, turning the damp earth to a rich, dark bronze as the day retreats. Only a half-mile to the east-north-east, the Wicken Water carries the cool pulse of the land, its current barely disturbing the reeds that lean into the flow. The landscape holds the deep silence of centuries, punctuated by the stark, ancient outline of St Helen’s Chapel, Bonhunt, which stands as a limestone ghost against the modern green fields. Farmers still work the heavy soil with a patient, rhythmic devotion, their machinery hummed to a low drone that barely bruises the stillness of the afternoon. Wicken Bonhunt remains defined not by clamour, but by the way the wind moves through the open stubble once the harvest is gathered. Such places possess a gravity that pulls the gaze downward toward the roots of the grass, reminding any visitor that the past is never truly buried, only waiting beneath the surface of the plough.
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Explore Wicken Bonhunt, 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: 51.976378, 0.175639. 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. |